Readings: "Cultural Studies: an introduction" (esp. pp. 3-6)
2. the widely distributed forms of popular music, publishing,
art, design and literature, or the activities of leisure-time and entertainment,
which make up the everyday lives of the majority of 'ordinary people'-what
is called the 'mass culture' or the 'pupular culture' of an age.
3. whatever is distinctive about the 'way of life' of a people,
community, nation or social group. --shared values/meanings
of a group or of society.
Representation: |
'the production and circulation of meaning through language';
"language" as system of representation, as a signifying practice (semiotic
approach), and as
discourse |
Regulation: |
government rolicies and regulations;
the reproduction of a particular pattern and order of signifying
practices (so that things appear
to be 'regular' or 'natural');
cultural policy as well as cultural politics, involving struggles over
meanings, values, forms of
subjectivity and identity.
a dynamic process that is often contested'
|
Identity: |
derive from a multiplicity of sources--from nationanity, ethnicity, social
class, community,
gender, sexuality--sources which may conflict in the construction
of identity positions and lead
to contradictory fragmented identities.
identity gives us a location in the world and presents the link between
us and the society in
which we live. |
Production*: |
"cultural economy" economic processes and practices as cultural phenomena,
as
depending"on meaning for their effective operation |
Consumption: |
an active process and often celebrated as pleasure,
In postmodern accounts, cultural consumption is seen as being the very
material out of which
we construct our identities: we become what we consume. |
*another way of defining