Lecture notes - What is Popular culture
Culture definition
According to "Raymond Williams - three definitions
1. - Culture can be general process of intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development. E.g = cultural developments of western Europe and referring to philosophers, artists and poets.
2. - A particular way of life - whether of a group of people, a period or a group - hence the development of literacy, holidays, sports, religious festivals etc. Lived cultures or cultural practices
3. - Culture can be used to refer to the works and practices of intellectual and artistic activity - texts and practices whose function is to signify - signifying practices (e.g. art, ballet, soap operas, pop music etc.)
Popular culture links the domains of the public and private and blurs the borders more than any other institution or practice - for more people, regardless of age, gender or ethnicity
Brief understanding of "popular culture"
- Popular culture is simply culture which is well liked by many - sales of products etc.
- Anything Not High Culture
- Produced for mass consumption
- A culture which originates from people
Summary
- The different definitions of popular culture highlight different stances and viewpoint.
- They also highlight different ways of analyzing popular culture.
- However, for most of us it is the popular cultural texts - the television programmes, magazines, popular music that are part of our everyday life.
- Popular culture texts help us to know who we are and include us in a community of like minded readers and viewers.
- Hence, we explore in this module, both the popular cultural texts and also popular practices as they relate to our identities.
Task 3 (Group work) - Find a Popular Culture and develop a content about it.
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