SOC202H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Low Culture, Modern Dance, Omnivore
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Grazian, chapter 7: the rules of the game. Associated with sexuality and the lower half of the body. One"s preference for particular styles of fashion, cinema, or other kinds of culture is a social organization of taste, and is complex. Today we think of the plays of shakespeare to be highbrow but during the 29th century his plays were considered popular culture for working-class americans and elites. The biggest reason that shakespeare"s plays were considered popular culture has to do with the social organization of american entertainment in the 19th century where popular culture was consumed by people from all social classes. The industrial revolution created a new upper-class american elite of successful entrepreneurs, bankers, and businesspeople: many came from humble backgrounds. This new bourgeoisie began erecting class boundaries concretized in elite arts and cultural organizations and the upper classes of the gilded age successfully invented the highbrow/lowbrow class-based cultural distinctions that today we take for granted.
