Chapter 1 Flashcards
‘one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language’.
Raymond Williams - CULTURE
‘a general process of intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development’
CULTURE
‘a particular way of life, whether of a people, a period or a group’
CULTURE
‘the works and practices of intellectual and especially artistic activity’
CULTURE
‘the most important conceptual category in cultural studies’
Graeme Turner - IDEOLOGY
systematic body of ideas articulated by a particular group of people
IDEOLOGY
indicate how some texts and practices present distorted images of reality
IDEOLOGY
distorted images of reality
FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS
refer to ‘ideological forms. This usage is intended to draw attention to the way in which texts (television fiction, pop songs, novels, feature films, etc.) always present a particular image of the world
IDEOLOGY
particular image of the world
IDEOLOGICAL FORMS
argues that _________ (or ‘myth’ as Barthes himself calls it) operates mainly at the level of connotations, the secondary, often unconscious, meanings that texts and practices carry, or can be made to carry
Roland Barthes - IDEOLOGY
main contention is to see ideology not simply as a body of ideas, but as a material practice
Louis Althusser - IDEOLOGY
is simply culture that is widely favored or well-liked by many people
POPULAR CULTURE
it is the culture that is left over after we have decided what is high culture
POPULAR CULTURE
sophisticated culture, onlu for the elites
HIGH CULTURE
para sa masa
MASS CULTURE
development of the concept of hegemony
ANTONIO GRAMSCI
to refer to the way in which dominant groups in society, through a process of ‘intellectual and moral leadership’
HEGEMONY
implies the dominance of one social group and its ideologies over other social groups
CULTURAL HEGEMONY
postmodern culture is a culture that no longer recognizes the distinction between _________________
HIGH CULTURE AND POP CULTURE
