SOC 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Theodor W. Adorno, Commodity Fetishism, Raymond Williams
12 Mar 2017
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Processes and practices of cultural making use an array of available and desirable popular texts. Hybridity: (cid:862)mi(cid:454)i(cid:374)g togethe(cid:396) of p(cid:396)e(cid:448)iousl(cid:455) dis(cid:272)(cid:396)ete (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)al elements to create new (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gs a(cid:374)d ide(cid:374)tities(cid:863) Keywords: we often mistreat culture, we often mistake cultural practices (ongoing developing) for objects (fixed, finished) _______________________________________________________________: capitalism: an economic system base does on private ownership of the means of production and distribution, and geared toward the generation of profit. It is the dominant economic system in the world today. It enables the production of popular culture, period. Readerly: it is easy to read, accessible, closed text. Barker: hybridity; culture is not fixed, complete, singular. How our immersion in mass culture impacts/shapes our identity, responsiveness, thoughts and feelings. Bourdieu: habitus refers to the physical idea of cultural capital, to the deeply ingrained habits, skills, and dispositions that we possess due to our life experiences. Jenkins: how time changes our relationship with texts and stories.
