Concept Of Popular Culture Research Articles

Texts from a carnivalesque time of change: four poems in Estonian Half-German

ABSTRACT This article focuses on four poems written in Half-German by three Baltic German authors: ‘Die Oberpahlsche Freundschaft’ (1818/1857) by Jakob Johann Malm, ‘Karluscha Tattelbaum’ (1903) and ‘Benjamin Paul Püttisepp’ (1909) by Arthur Usthal, and ‘Reise ins Ausland’ (1954) by Walter von Wistinghausen. Literature written in Half-German emerged in a particular socio-historical and linguistic context, which is outlined in the first part of the article. The focus of this article is on the nineteenth century – the heyday of this literary tradition. All four poems will be discussed in the context of carnival culture according to Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of popular culture.

REPRESENTASI BUDAYA POPULER PADA FENOMENA “CITAYAM FASHION WEEK” DI INDONESIA

Citayam Fashion Week as the form of street culture becomes a viral event not only in Indonesia but also in the other countries. The concept of popular culture presented in the event was very interesting to analyze. This research is a cultural studies with qualitative approach. The data is taken by internet access in the social media google and instagram. By Hall’s representation theory, this research wants to find how the popular culture is represented in the Citayam Fashion Week. The results of this study show that “fashion week”, “street style”, and “harajuku style” as the form of popular culture becomes the concepts that is represented in this event. It becomes the space of youth related to the freedom of expression and creativity of their fashion style.

Human rights, television popular culture and the telenovela

The application of human rights to mass communication television pro gramming gives rise to a search for entertainment that is empowering. One genre that has managed to es cape the restrictions of commercial Ism and resulted in a genuine form of popular culture is the Brazilian telenovela. Any attempt to relate human rights In communication to popular televi sion culture might seem to be a fu tlle endeavour. Such an attempt ap pears to involve two incompatible Ideas: highmindedness and Ideallsm on the one hand, and free choice and commerciallam on the other. However, there could be a way out. Somewhere there might be a way that popular culture as expressed through television might also be em powering, instead of mainly com mercially exploitative and cynically manipulative. The one example that springs to mind is the telenovela of Brazil. This paper proposes to deal with the concept of human rights and broadcasting, especially as it affects the present SABC, then to look briefly at some concepts of popular culture and then to end off by discussing the Brazilian tele novella as a possible reconciliation of the two opposing Ideas, of human rights and entertainment. This article is based on a paper that was read at a RAU Seminar "Com munication Interactions in popular culture", that was held in Johannes burg on October 22, 1993,

The problem of popular culture

Abstract This article argues that concept of popular culture, as conceptualized within the media/cultural studies tradition in the Anglophone West, is in crisis. The idea of the “popular” that continues to be embraced by many critical media/communication and cultural studies scholars derives from postwar assumptions about mass media which no longer accurately fit present conditions. However, the resilience of these assumptions has created “the problem of popular culture,” a complicated and longstanding series of dilemmas for contemporary scholarship. This article documents several manifestations of this problem and proposes that scholars reserve the term popular culture for instances of popular practice.

POPULARNA KULTURA U ROMANU BUDA IZ PREDGRAĐA HANIFA KUREJŠIJA

Тhis paper will explore the portrayal of popular culture in Kureishi’s novel The Buddha of Suburbia. The introductory part of the paper presents a review of the terms culture and popular culture and their interrelationship in order to shed light on the space in which popular culture emerges in this novel. Kureishi examines the subcultural scene of England, where the concept of popular culture represents the spirit of the new age that the novel’s characters encounter. The main part of the paper is dedicated to the elements of popular culture, their representation and interpretation through the actions of the characters in The Buddha of Suburbia. The paper aims to describe the concept of popular culture through fashion, music and lifestyle, but also the re-examination of the London suburb and the way it has been described in the English literature.

POPULARNA KULTURA I FORMACIJE DRUŠTVENOG POVEZIVANjA DRAMSKIH LIKOVA HAROLDA PINTERA

The topic of this paper is defining the concept of popular culture and determining its influence on the formations of social connection of dramatic characters of Harold Pinter. The first part of the paper relies on the theories of the renowned sociologists regarding the explication of the concept of popular culture and the determination of its elements, with a special focus on social formations. In the second part of the paper, the comparative method determines and explains the social formations that make up the dramatic characters of Harold Pinter in the dramas: The Dumb Waiter, The Caretaker, Homecoming, No Man’s Land, Betrayal and Celebration. More precisely, the connection of Harold Pinter’s drama charac- ters is classified into: an association which purpose is to achieve individual goals (family, friends, business associates) and an association which purpose is in itself (celebration). The aim of this paper is to determine the extent to which popular culture influences the formations of social associations of the protagonists of Harold Pinter’s drama characters.

PREDMETI IZ SVAKODNEVNOG ŽIVOTA KAO ELEMENTI POPULARNE KULTURE U ROMANU GOSPOĐA DALOVEJ VIRDŽINIJE VULF

In this paper, elements of popular culture in Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway are analyzed, and the theses from John Fisk’s Popular Culture are used as a concept for the analysis. In addition to basic data on the concept of popular culture, the paper presents the novel Mrs. Dalloway and the way in which they modify the purchased products according to their own expectations, giving them a special im- pression and meaning. Purchased products, advertisements and public places, such as the shopping districts of London, shopping malls and private entertainment, are colored by the emotions of the characters, but at the same time, they awaken the emotions of the hidden desires and encourage them to think. Based on Fisk’s theory, the connection between the elements of popular culture in the work and the char- acter’s inner life is determined.

Popularna kultura - pinterovi dramski likovi u kulturi tela i zadovoljstva

The topic of this paper is defining the concept of popular culture and determining its influence on the attitude and behavior of Harold Pinter's drama characters in the culture of body and pleasure. The first part of the paper relies on the theories of eminent sociologists regarding the conceptualization of popular culture, with a special focus on the element of popular pleasures and body. The body is viewed from a physical, class and gender perspective of popular culture which differs from the ruling ideology, while the performance of popular pleasures is seen through John Fiske's explication, which supports the view that subordinate social groups create their own meanings of content and develop popular pleasures in contrast to the hegemonic pleasures. Also, the paper studies the culture of pleasure and body from the point of view of Roland Barthes' division of the respective into jouissance and plaisir, as well as from the point of view of carnivalization of Mikhail Bakhtin. In the second part of the paper, the behavior of Harold Pinter's drama characters in the dramas Dumb Waiter, Birthday Party, Caretaker, Homecoming, No Man's Land, and Betrayal, is defined and explained by the comparative method, from the perspective of enjoying pleasures. More precisely, the thinking and acting of Pinter's protagonists are classified as manifestation of popular pleasures of jouissance and plaisir. The aim of the paper is to determine how Harold Pinter's drama characters behave in the culture of body, how they enjoy popular pleasures and to what extent popular pleasures affect their life course.

Budaya Populer Dalam Perspektif Komunikasi Lintas Budaya


 Popular culture is a commodity in the industrial world. Teenagers, as parties who have a high dynamic level, are open to change and new things and are easy to influence, the 'land' for the industrial world to make them targets in spreading the concept of popular culture with the existing role of new media. One of these phenomena is how crosscultural communication is seen from the point of view of popular culture that is currently happening. Basically every human behavior and activity is communication. both verbal and non-verbal communication containing intercultural or cross-cultural dimensions. If we agree with this assumption, then it has become an obligation for every individual to study and recognize every cultural behavior of individuals and groups. The development of the times is so fast, accompanied by the current of modernization that is increasingly unstoppable. As well as changes in the lifestyle of most people, from a traditional lifestyle to a metropolitan lifestyle, all aspects of life participate in the current of modernization. This is one of the factors of the emergence of popular culture.

ТЕОРЕТИКО-МЕТОДОЛОГІЧНІ ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ СУЧАСНОЇ ПОПУЛЯРНОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ

The article deals with the problem of modern understanding the phenomenon of «popular culture». At the same time, classical approaches to the consideration of the complex of issues of «popular culture» without losing their relevance are needed reinterpretation of concepts and theoretical models to understand the key-elements of the content and understanding of new realities. Popular culture can be characterized as an extremely dynamic phenomenon that continues to take new forms, changing its nature. Author defines its essence as the presentation of a set of content available for understanding by the vast majority of people, regardless of social background, financial status and education. Modern popular culture is characterized by a pronounced syncretic nature. It is emphasized that today there is no universal approach to understanding the term «popular culture». Some countries have their own internal models of representation, due to the peculiarities of national scientific schools. In the concepts of information society development, one of the most relevant areas for the humanities research remains the dichotomy of «human» and «mechanical». The formation of concepts of popular culture is assigned to commercial institutions of highly developed countries, which is associated with the new role of information and communication opportunities. Attention is drawn to an important feature of the representation of the term in Anglo-American historiography, namely the fundamental difference in the understanding of the terms popular culture for the period of the late XVIII – mid XX centuries and for the second half of the twentieth century when the «ethnological» component is leveled and there is a gradual identification of the terms «popular culture» with «mass culture». Instead, the term «folk culture» is used in the Ukrainian scientific tradition, which at the present stage may have intersections, but is completely incomparable with the term «popular culture».

Popularizing Haute Couture: A Balenciaga Brand Case Study

Technology has transformed the way big names of the fashion industry release their collections and exhibitions. From Youtube to Instagram, products of the new technological revolution, even luxury brands have approached their audience by using mass communication. That having been said, the main objective of this article is to introduce the concepts of popular culture and mass culture in order to relate them with haute couture through a case study of Balenciaga brand, which is originally a product of haute couture and nowadays has redesigned their clothes from a creative element conquering its audience in social media.

Heroic Self-discovery of the Shepherd in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist

This paper examines the heroic self-discovery of a common shepherd in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist (1988) through the concept of popular culture. Santiago, the protagonist, abandons his home and family in teenage for a mysterious hidden treasure. What are the reasons that make him to undertake an adventurous journey from the known to the unknown land? So this paper draws on ideas from Marshall W. Fishwick and Joseph Campbell to respond the shepherd’s journey in order to substantiate his expedition as an adventure of the hero. Santiago’s journey of self- discovery can be analyzed in the theoretical frame of the hero journey and the quest of myth. Therefore, Santiago’s journey from Andalusia to Africa in search of a hidden treasure is uncommon because he begins his journey in a response to an exotic recurring dream where a child summons him to the Pyramids of Egypt. This is the reason why his journey differs from the celebrities, artists, politicians, and mythical heroes.

Building democratic citizenship competencies in K-5 economics through analysis of popular culture

PurposeDevelopment of economic understandings fosters the growth of democratic citizenship competencies. Elements of popular culture should be recognized for the influence they have on children’s economic decisions. Children should learn of the concept of popular culture to regulate its effect on their habits and understand how it has shaped the lives of people throughout history. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approachUsing a C3 inquiry investigation, this study explored if students from fifth grade to kindergarten could be engaged in higher-level thinking about economic concepts through the analysis of elements of popular culture in historical primary sources and then continue that analysis into popular culture of their own lives. Analyses of students’ discussions during each stage of the study provide descriptive statistics and themes to reveal understandings.FindingsResults imply that children can successfully engage in document analysis and creation of accurate present-day popular culture artifacts and that children in second grade and above were subsequently influenced in their economic understandings about spending and saving money from popular culture analyses. Children in first grade and kindergarten were not successfully able to express these deeper connections, which may be explained by cognitive theory offered for this age range.Originality/valueThis research offers a unique way of combining the analysis of historic and present-day primary sources in order to understand the influences popular culture can have on economic-based behaviors. Novel approaches, which use the C3 framework to engage students in higher-order thinking of social studies disciplines, will help build stronger democratic citizenship competencies in children.

THE REGISTRATION OF CORDEL LITERATURE AS INTANGIBLE HERITAGE AND THE POPULAR CULTURE PRESERVATION POLICIES IN BRAZIL

O pedido de registro da Literatura de Cordel como patrimônio imaterial do Brasil, requerido pela Academia Brasileira de Literatura de Cordel ao Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional-IPHAN, inscreve-se no ato final da chamada “cadeia patrimonial” e, quando titulado, será reconhecido um patrimônio cultural vivo – expressão da voz, memória e corpo de seus narradores; uma arte popular brasileira e símbolo de uma cultura do Nordeste que fez do processo migratório a peleja entre o oral e o escrito na conquista do território nacional. Mas, antes, é do processo de construção dos sentidos de patrimônio cultural imaterial e do longo caminho da patrimonialização do Cordel que este artigo trata. Considerando a natureza e a trajetória da Literatura de Cordel, objetivamos pontuar alguns marcos conceituais e institucionais que nos possibilitem perceber os deslocamentos de sentidos que a noção de cultura popular ganhou ao longo das trajetórias das políticas públicas de preservação indo do folclore ao patrimônio imaterial. A experiência do Projeto Literatura de Cordel do Centro de Referência Cultural do Ceará – CERES (1975-1979) no mapeamento e registro da memória da cultura popular tradicional no estado será o ponto de inflexão.Palavras-chave: Literatura de Cordel, patrimônio imaterial, cultura popular, folclore, registro.

JEAN MICHEL BASQUIET AS POPULAR CULTURAL POSITION

Jean Michel Basquiet has created an artistic adventure by developing his own discourse during his short artistic career. He described the practicality of art with the questioning attitude and the plastic expression of new expressionist art. Variations in materials and subjects turn into a rebellion of the struggle. The anti-political, ethnically bold new expressionist artist becomes a pop icon, playing a cultural role on the platform where social extremism is intense. His art works, gra ti and rebellious attitude take a di erent role in the new expressionist style. Cultural experience, media and changing events create profound e ects on the formation of art. It is revealed through an upper narrative in the works that the artist accumulates. In this work, the position of Jean Michel Basquiet in the eld of art and the contents of his works, the concepts of popular culture, primitivism and new expressionism are taken into consideration. Keywords: New Expressionism, Primitivism, Popular Culture, Jean Michel Basquiet

Et forsvar for populærkulturen – En præcisering af det populærkulturelle begreb og en kritisk læsning af Adornos syn på populærkulturen

This article explores the concept of popular culture and popular art. When Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 received the Golden Palm in Cannes in 2004, the French press and director Jean-Luc Godard joined in a critique of the jury’s choice. The press discussed the possibility of the festival loosing its status as the most prestigious festival of art cinema after giving the prize to an American political documentary. Godard criticized Michael Moore for being to direct and not communicating through more subtle aesthetics. Between the lines of both critiques one find a devaluation of popular art often seen in modern aesthetic theory and this article tries to refute this devaluation in a critical reading of Theodor W. Adorno’sview on the popular.

The Evolution of Concept of Popular Culture and Its Significance

The paper has checked the evolution of concept of popular culture, which presents the essential meanings and its hidden reasons to general readers. Built upon the conceptual evolution, i.e. roughly from British School, Frankfurt School until French School, the thesis explores the possible characteristics of today’s popular culture of China in the ever-changing era. First, subjectivity of the people, i.e. the subject of China’s popular culture is composed of average people; Second, aesthetic experience, i.e. China’s popular culture is committed to perfecting her subjects’ mind and moral sense by providing beautiful contents, but not ugly immoral ones as currently appeared on new media; Third, “cultural consciousness,” i.e. the subjects should have confidence, reflection upon China’s popular culture, and not reject “others” blindly.

Do Folclorismo à História da Cultura na Amazônia: o percurso construído por Vicente Salles

Resumo Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar parte da trajetória intelectual do pesquisador e folclorista paraense Vicente Salles (1931-2013), nos estudos sobre o folclore. Examina-se como surgiu e se intensificou o interesse de Salles pelo folclore amazônico (em especial, o paraense), as suas primeiras pesquisas de campo, como o autor interpretou os conceitos de folclore e de cultura popular e a presença do folclore em algumas de suas principais obras.

The new technologies and the schism between popular music and elitist/obscure drama in Nigeria: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Wole Soyinka on YouTube

ABSTRACTThe study examines the concepts of popular culture and elitist art productions. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is studied as a paradigm for popular music and Wole Soyinka is examined as a paradigm for elitist drama. The study investigates the impacts of the new technologies, particularly YouTube, in making the works of popular and elitist artists (Fela and Soyinka, in this case) available and accessible to online audiences. The paper examines the theme of schism between popular and elitist art works (popular music and elitist drama). It reveals that, unlike Fela, Soyinka, with his canonical drama, on many occasions, does not attract a wide range of audiences due to, among other factors, the language and styles/techniques of the canonical plays. The paper argues, therefore, that whether or not schism would be mandatory between popular and elitist/“obscure” art works is a matter that would be determined by, among other factors, the factors of production and consumption of the works.

The concept of popular culture and cultural studies

Cultural studies as interdisciplinary theory and practice last for half century. Cultural studies researchers analyze different aspects of contemporary culture. They try to describe culture as text. In this sense, it is possible to determine how cultural texts are being activated within lived cultures. Therefore, cultural studies incorporate broad variety of cultural topics and issues. Cultural studies researchers combine approaches respecting intention to find the best way and appropriate focus for cultural analyses. The most important result of this research tradition is detection of political meanings of popular culture. They made evidence of popular culture as arena of conflicts and struggles. The point is trying to analyze what the dominant and marginal discourses are, and how popular culture texts can represent different themes.