ENGLISH 1CS3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Blonde Stereotype, Cultural Studies, Shool

• School: McMaster University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGLISH 1CS3
• Professor: Sherry Smith

Document Summary

Recap: culture is ordinary- all around us makes up day to day existence, culture is (cid:374)ot (cid:862)good(cid:863) or (cid:862)(cid:271)ad(cid:863)- not to say something is good or bad but rather look at context and meaning. Different views: cultural studies is anxious- always thinking of it in its place how can we change our responses. Bellemare- less skeptical than ruiz (who is less skeptical than wente) Generally confused because of the course and how it will be conducted. Journals struggling to describe that the course is not only about beyonc . Ruiz basically hates on the course and is very dumb blonde. Saying this means she just makes it sound dumb and how they can only look at pictures of beyonc . Capitalism and divide between labour and leisure. Impact of social and civil rights movements: cultural plurality. Loss of faith i(cid:374) (cid:862)e(cid:454)perts(cid:863: been a cultural shift, ww1 people lost faith in religion. Cultural studies read for patterns, read their environment.