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Jun 17, 2021 · A simple definition of the term ‘popular culture’ as the culture that appeals to, or that is easily digested by the general public, may conceal a number of complexities and nuances of its use.
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Feb 28, 2017 · Introduction. Popular culture is the set of practices, beliefs, and objects that embody the most broadly shared meanings of a social system. It includes media objects, entertainment and leisure, fashion and trends, and linguistic conventions, among other things. Popular culture is usually associated with either mass culture or folk culture, and ...
tually points to the need for such study. As noted earlier, ultimately, popular culture persuades by empowering and disempowering certain people and groups by conveying messages about “desirable” and “undesirable,” “appropriate” and “inappropriate,” “normal”. and “abnormal” beliefs and behaviors. Thus, popular culture is ...
The Culture of Everyday Life To signal this ambiguity, and to avoid producing a definition of popular culture that falls too clearly on the side of celebrating the folk or denigrating the masses, we might define popular culture as something like “the communicative practices of everyday life” (where “communicative practices” comprises all those activities concerned with the production ...
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Learning Outcomes At the end of this chapter you will be able to do the following. Define popular culture. Identify the three major theoretical views on popular culture: Functionalist, Critical and Interpretation. Define Interpretive Communities. Define Class distinction. Evaluate claims for Authenticity. Define the 'Sleeper Curve.'.
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Front Matter. Popular Culture: A User’s Guide, International Edition is a lively and engaging introduction to popular culture. It provides the tools and knowledge for an analysis of the contemporary cultural landscape across a range of disciplines, from literary theory and cultural studies to philosophy and sociology.
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of culture. In Making Sense of Popular Culture, you will see traces of these many approaches to popular culture in a series of thought-provoking essays that attest to the richness and variety of debates that have been taking place in conferences in Spain under the auspices of SELICUP (Sociedad Española de Estudios Literarios de Cultura Popular).