Chapter 2: Theories in Popular Culture Flashcards
the structure of feeling
CULTURALISM
the study
of relationships between
elements in a whole way of
life
THEORY OF CULTURE
Three Levels of Culture
- recorded culture
- lived culture
- the culture of selective tradition
insists that all are ultimately
political
MARXISM
each significant period in history is
constructed around a particular?
MODE OF PRODUCTION
Theodor Adorno (1991) and Max Horkheimer (1978)
coined the term?
CULTURE INDUSTRY
The culture industry, in its search for profits and cultural
homogeneity, deprives _____________________ of its critical
function, its mode of negation.
AUTHENTIC CULTURE
_____________ (sometimes understood by other critics as ‘commercialization’) devalues ‘authentic’ culture, making it too accessible by turning it into yet another saleable commodity.
COMMODIFICATION
is a way of approaching texts and
practices that is derived from the theoretical work of the Swiss linguist
STRUCTURALISM - FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE
Two Divisions of Language
- Langue
- Parole
refers to the system of language, the rules and conventions
that organize it
LANGUE
refers to the individual utterance, the individual use of language
PAROLE
TWO THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO LINGUISTICS
- Diachronic
- Synchronic
which studies the historical
development of a given language
DIACHRONIC APPROACH
which studies a given language in one moment in time
SYNCHRONIC
placed gender on the
academic agenda
FEMINISM
FOUR DIFFERENT FEMINISMS
- radical
- Marxist
- liberal
- dual-systems theory
argue that women’s oppression is the result of the system of patriarchy
RADICAL FEMINISTS
analysis the ultimate source of
oppression is capitalism
MARXIST FEMINIST
differs from both Marxist and radical feminists in that it does not posit a system–patriarchy or
capitalism–determining the oppression of women
LIBERAL FEMINIST
represents the coming together of
Marxist and radical feminist analysis in the belief that
women’s oppression is the result of a complex articulation
of both patriarchy and capitalism
DUAL-SYSTEMS THEORY
It can be used to describe a type of feminism, a theoretical position
within feminism, and a tendency in contemporary popular culture.
POST-FEMINISM
‘provides a discipline for exploring the relationships between lesbians, gay men and the culture which surrounds and (for the large part) continues to seek to exclude us
QUEERTHEORY
biological sex (‘_________’) and gender (‘__________’),
NATURE, CULTURE
is a term current inside and outside the academic study of popular culture
POST-MODERNISM
invents a new reality: ‘a realm of
apparent unity and apparent freedom was constructed
within culture in which the antagonistic relations of
existence were supposed to be stabilized and pacified
AFFIRMATIVE CULTURE
