Popular culture can be defined as the ideas, values, norms, practices, goods, and artefacts shared by the majority of people in a society. In industrial societies popular culture is associated with the culture spread by mass media for commercial and entertainment purposes. The idea that a culture be “popular”, in the sense that it is produced and potentially shared by the majority of people, has several implications. A first implication stems from that fact that culture has not always been popular, in the sense of “generally accessible”. This implies that two orders of culture may exist: a “high” or elite culture, and a “low”, vulgar culture. Despite its pretence to universality, culture reflects, even if not directly or automatically, the hierarchy and inequality existing in society in terms of differences in power, status and class.
Popular Culture
MELE, VINCENZO
Primo
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2017-01-01
Abstract
Popular culture can be defined as the ideas, values, norms, practices, goods, and artefacts shared by the majority of people in a society. In industrial societies popular culture is associated with the culture spread by mass media for commercial and entertainment purposes. The idea that a culture be “popular”, in the sense that it is produced and potentially shared by the majority of people, has several implications. A first implication stems from that fact that culture has not always been popular, in the sense of “generally accessible”. This implies that two orders of culture may exist: a “high” or elite culture, and a “low”, vulgar culture. Despite its pretence to universality, culture reflects, even if not directly or automatically, the hierarchy and inequality existing in society in terms of differences in power, status and class.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
