English 2017 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Slaves And Masters, Youth Subculture, T. J. Jackson Lears
29 Oct 2013
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Defining the field: popular, folk & mass culture. When you hear the phrase popular culture you think about . Today"s world we live in interesting. Something that appeals to most of the population. One of the two or three most complicated words in the english language (raymond. A general process of intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development: e. g. , western culture . Ideology as a systematic body of ideas articulated by particular groups of people. Ideology as false consciousness (the classic marxist definition. Ideology as a distorting lens through which we view the world. Ideological cultural products implicitly or explicitly support the interests of dominant groups. Culture as a site of contest between dominant and subordinate groups, ideas: the example of blaxploitation cinema. Popular forms don"t just reflect the world, they also help create it. Pop culture and norm production: e. g. , fashion, social etiquette.
