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History Pop Culture - First Part
History Pop Culture - First Part
History Pop Culture - First Part
CULTURE
Genesis of Popular Culture
formation of
traditions and trends
that link humans in a
common group.
DEFINITION
Therefore, human
culture existed even in
prehistoric societies
Genesis of Popular Culture
parietal art
- the archaeological
term for artwork done
on cave walls or large
blocks of stone.
Genesis of Popular Culture
Decorated pottery
- art that is meant to be
useful as well as beautiful,
as ceramics, furniture,
jewelry, and textiles.
- usually decorative arts.
- any of the arts,
as ceramics or jewelry
making, whose works are
created to be useful.
• UN definition of Culture: “A set of
distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual
and emotional features of society or a
social group and that it encompasses, in
addition to art and literature, lifestyles,
ways of living together, value systems,
traditions and beliefs".
(http://www.unesco.org/education/imld_2002/unversal_decla.shtml)]
Genesis of Popular Culture
Popular culture, by definition, requires that the
be engaged in practicing and consuming it,
thereby making it popular..
Three early, significant popular-culture
mileposts are:
1. Wedding ceremonies
2. Music
3. Fashion style
Genesis of Popular Culture
predating even
Biblical accounts
began traditions
based on religious
tenets and quickly
became engrained in
society
Genesis of Popular Culture
MACBETH
– LOVE OF AMBITION OR A SELFISH LOVE
OTHELLO
– STORY OF JEALOUSY THAT LEADS OF
TAKING HIS OWN LIFE
Shakespeare the Superstar
- HAS THE
LONGEST
PLAY
- REVENGE
Shakespeare the Superstar
Shakespeare’s art bridged the
gap between popular and fine
art in 16th century England—
and ever since, as it is among
the finest literature ever
produced in English.
Shakespeare the Superstar
Several of his plays were set
elsewhere in Europe, which
exposed the common
Englishman to wedding and
courtship traditions of
different classes and cultures,
potentially influencing those
of England.
Popular Culture Becomes Global
Popular culture
didn’t require
satellite
television and
the Internet to
become global.
Popular Culture Becomes Global
The masses were usually not the first to
experience exotic forms of popular culture,
but they were exposed to them over time.
The mixture of popular
elements of different
cultures was also one of the
factors that began to blur
the lines between popular
and fine arts.
Popular Culture Becomes Global
While Kabuki
Theater was
accessible to all
classes of Japanese
people, Europe’s
aristocrats initially
regarded it as high
art.
Popular Culture Becomes Global
Kabuki is a classical Japanese
dance-drama. Kabuki theatre
is known for the stylization of
its drama and for the
elaborate make-up worn by
some of its performers. The
individual kanji, from left to
right, mean sing, dance, and
skill. Kabuki is therefore
sometimes translated as "the
art of singing and dancing”.
Popular Culture Becomes Global
The Age of Industrialization: Relax, Enjoy
Technology is the
catalyst (significant
change or action)
that made this
possible.
19th-century
- industrial laborers worked long hours, they
did not generally work the dawn-to-dusk,
seven-day-a-week schedules of agrarian
toilers—cows need milking even on the
Sabbath—and industrial laborers had more
money in their pockets.
Industrial Laborer -Production Workers : Help
production workers by performing duties
requiring less skill.
Duties include supplying or holding materials or
tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
- Enjoy entertainment venues
- engage in hobbies
- crafts and recreation
• Life became more than survival, family
and religion.
• The concentration of people in urban
areas, attracted by jobs in the factories,
also gave rise to more and different kinds
of popular art forms by concentrating
potential audiences.
Urbanization is a key ingredient in
the formation of popular culture.
People who once lived in
homogeneous small villages or
farms found themselves in
crowded cities marked by great
cultural diversity.
These diverse people would come
to see themselves as a
‘collectivity’ as a result of
common, or popular, forms of
expression.
Urbanization is a key ingredient in
the formation of popular culture.
Many scholars trace the
beginning of the popular
culture phenomenon to the
rise of the middle class
brought on by the Industrial
Revolution.
Industrialization
- brought with it mass production;
- developments in transportation
ex. steam locomotive and the
teamship
- advancements in building
technology
- increased literacy
- improvements in education
- public health
- emergence commercial printing
== representing the first step in
the formation of a mass
media
= penny press (newspapers)
= magazines
= pamphlets