chapter 2 Flashcards
Concerns in the Philippine pop culture
A 3rd world country
Numerous Indigenous/Ethnic groups still unurbanized
Long history of colonization
Current socio-economic state
means the people
Populus –
is not just culture “of the people” but more specifically of the mass, generally understood to be urban and industrialized.
“popular culture”
-generated culture in the Philippines is what can be properly called popular culture;
Mass media
– film, radio, television, the large-circulation press
Electronic media
(social media – facebook, twitter, instagram, tiktok, etc.)
Internet powered media
Concerns and critic about media
What cultural values were being transmitted?
How well was the transmission being done?
To whom, with what effect, and to what purpose?
was the only outlet for short story and popular novels.
Liwayway,
were hardly ever published except in university-based publications, and when performed, reached only those of the immediate spatial community, the urban community, the school community, the town, the barrio.
Plays
The first Filipino comic strip was _______which first appeared in 1929
“Kenkoy”
Creator of kenkoy
Antonio Velasquez – creator
It’s main character pictures the “foibles of Filipinos grappling with the new manners and mores brought about by urbanization”
Kenkoy
Kenkoy was joined by other characters by 1931 namely,
Kulafu – who roamed the mountains of Luzon
Huapelo – the Chinese corner store owner
Saryong Albularyo – the barrio doctor whose last name meant a quack
Goyo and Kikay – local counterparts of Maggie and Jiggs
– who roamed the mountains of Luzon
Kulafu
– the Chinese corner store owner
Huapelo
the barrio doctor whose last name meant a quack
Saryong Albularyo –
– local counterparts of Maggie and Jiggs
Goyo and Kikay
Philippine comic books heroes
Dyesabel
Karina Kariton
Phantomanok
Darna
Since 1972 and martial law, the ______ have also been used by government agencies to carry such developmental messages as the ___________housing programs, and family planning.
komiks, Green Revolution (home vegetable gardens)
are created for a popular and not an elite audience, by artist who, although motivated by profit, have their finger on the public pulse, their ears angled to the public voice, their minds tuned to the public dream
Komiks
sees the komiks as having taken on different roles: “purveyor of entertainment and moral lessons, disseminator of values and attitudes, and even a source of practical knowledge on farming, government policies, medicine and science.”
Dr. Soledad Reyes
A popular form of mass media, film is a remarkably effective medium for conveying drama and evoking emotion.
film
The first films shown in the Philippines were short feature called
cinematrografo.
In 1909, two Americans, _______________, produced the first two locally made feature films, both on the life of Jose Rizal.
Yearsley and Gross
