Media, Information and Technoculture 3216F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Zygmunt Bauman, The Shop Girl, Media Culture

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 3216F/G
• Professor: Kate Hoad- Reddick

Document Summary

Pointilism: suerat pointillist painting was remade with aluminum cans by chris jordan, trying to make a comment on our consumer culture and how much waste we produce. Reading review - mccracken: possession rituals, grooming rituals, ex. )f things didn(cid:495)t bring with them all this meaning, we wouldn(cid:495)t care if (cid:498)the cultural meaning carried by consumer goods is enormously more various and complex than the veblenian insistence on status was capable of recognizing(cid:499) Home, thrift store clothing things that we call our own someone owned it before. It tries to advocate for many people who are oppressed under the patriarchy. Enlightened sexism: contributes to the confusion around what it means to feel powerful and actually be powerful, what is wants us to think about is glorifying feeling powerful, this trend is coupled with extreme objectification of women. Or do they just feel powerful: the feeling of power does not actually translate to being powerful.