writing assignment
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ARB2103-PopCulture_Danesi.ppt
Marcel Danesi
Popular Culture. Introductory Perspectives
Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2008
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Danesi
Marcel Danesi delves into the social structures that have led to the emergence and spread of pop culture, showing how it validates our common experiences and offering a variety of perspectives on its many modes of delivery into our everyday lives.
CULTURE
“…is a system of symbolic and expressive structures that a particular group of people has developed to enhance solidarity, understanding and transmission of knowledge.” P.12
BIRTH OF A CONCEPT
Pop Culture came to the forefront following the pop art movement in the USA and the UK in the late 1950s.
Interaction
Stop this presentation now!
Google POP ART
Find a short definition of the concept
Write it down.
Share it while completing the Questionnaire section of this module!
Pop Art Little Quiz
Definitions and Characteristics
of Pop Culture
1- Pop culture alludes essentially to a form of culture that makes little distinctions between hierarchal forms of culture:
high and low cultures.
Little or No Distinction between High and Low
2- It is an atypical form of culture, made by the people and for the people.
It is populist, popular and public.
Interaction
Stop this presentation now!
Google POPULISM
Find a short definition of the concept
Write it down.
Share it while completing the Questionnaire section of this module!
3- Popular culture makes little or no distinction between art and recreation, distraction and engagement.
Little or No Distinction
between Art and Recreation
4- Features of pop culture include: spectacle; collage, bricolage and pastiche; nostalgia
(the emotional nature of pop culture)
Collectibles and Memorabilia
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One should add that although popular culture is not universal, it is still viewed as a unifying force among different nations and populations.
Levels of Culture
High: Naguib Mahfouz, Emile Habibi, Mahmoud Darwish, Mona Hatoum, museums and art galleries, ballet dance, etc.
Levels of Culture
Mid: daily newspapers, classic singers such as Fairuz and Um Kolthoum, Al Jazeera TV channel, cartoons, comic books, best selling novels, dance troups such as Caracalla, etc.
Levels of Culture
Low: belly dance, sitcoms, Mega FM, erotic and porn movies, popular/cheap restaurants, etc.
Crisscrossing
Naguib Mahfouz
(Nobel Prize in Literature, 1988)
Little or No Distinction between East and West?
Little or No Distinction between East and East?
Recapitulation
Popular Culture
Refuses hierarchy
(high and low,
elite and people)
Makes no distinction
between art
and recreation
Is a unifying force
(the Arab example)
