RLG101H5 Lecture 4: Lecture 4
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Raymond williams : types of culture: culture as an ideal: the term is used to mark out and distinguish particular types of product which are thought to be of high quality and of considerable artistic worth (ex. Shakespeare, charles dickens, qur"anic texts, bible: culture as a documentary: they are less great and not ideal or perfect but they are popular (ex. Madonna, beyonce, stephen king: culture in a social sense: what all people do in the culture. Stuart hall: popular culture: popular as well liked by the masses, popular culture will include best-selling music artists or writers, becomes popular, and is sold to the public with the use of marketing strategies (ex. Not only things which are popular with a lot of people but absolutely everything: the field of popular culture is almost unlimited, it is anything that is done by a number of people. Weather it is engaged by a few or by many (ex.
