ENGL 275 Lecture Notes - Sexual Repression, Cultural Studies, Working Class Culture
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Introduction to cultural studies engl 2759/3/2013 7:23:00 am. Office hours tuesday 1:30-3:30pm, room 301, 3475 peel. High culture shakespear, works of art, etc. Low cultural radio, 15 mins of fame, little aesthetic merit. High culture was once low culture in its day. Novels in the 18th century were considered trashy ladies novels. The audiences of who is using something can be more telling/important than what it is. High/low distinction drawn based on gender lines. Also based on skin color or working class: how does the high low distinction link to hierarchies in culture. Ex. crying watching a sad tv show or racing heart in a horror movie. Critics: pop culture not worth studying because its such mass media. Should be called mass culture instead of popular culture. A mass art form is going to be disconnected from the people by definition. Is imposed by a corporation and is manipulative by nature (propaganda).
