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Per my discussion in the Monday section today about the move that Stuart Hall and subsequent scholars made to justify the study of popular culture: here's a link to the post on my personal blog about the highbrow vs. lowbrow binary — and the lasting effect it has on America's view of itself and its culture.
Participation! Read the Van Wyck Brooks essay linked there. What do you think about his perspective on American culture? Do we still divide the culture between this binary? For what purpose — what work is that doing, and for whom?
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Clayre
2/12/2016 10:17:52 pm
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Xinyi Zhan
2/17/2016 03:06:55 pm
Reading this article, what impressed me most was not the existence of a binary system even in modern society, but how the author viewed these two classes. Highbrow doesn't necessarily mean civilized, intelligient, and better class. Also, lowbrow may have more vivid and close-to-life expressions and ideas. The middlebrow idea raised in the end of the article is interesting. It shows a constant strive of human beings to eliminate this inequality. Leave a Reply. |
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