Polemics and questions concerning culture classifications: high, low, folk, mass

Polemics and questions concerning culture classifications: high, low, folk, mass

Based on Cultural Studies and Visual Cultural Education’s perspectives, this article discusses the relations between “folk culture” and “high culture” delineating a synthetic overview of these concepts. Taking the notion of authenticity as premise which defines manifestations of high culture arrays,...

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Main Authors: Raimundo Martins, Pablo Passos Sérvio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Goiás 2012-06-01
Series:Visualidades
Subjects:
Classifications of culture
power
images
Online Access:https://www.revistas.ufg.br/VISUAL/article/view/23088
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spelling doaj-e96d4ba3eea246f8b87bf47e15c9c5e22020-11-25T01:47:48ZengUniversidade Federal de GoiásVisualidades1679-67482317-67842012-06-0110112914910.5216/vis.v10i1.23088Polemics and questions concerning culture classifications: high, low, folk, massRaimundo Martins0Pablo Passos Sérvio1UFG, BrasilUFG, BrasilBased on Cultural Studies and Visual Cultural Education’s perspectives, this article discusses the relations between “folk culture” and “high culture” delineating a synthetic overview of these concepts. Taking the notion of authenticity as premise which defines manifestations of high culture arrays, the article examines arguments that oppose the idea of “mass culture” or, “low culture” explaining how they belittle the notion “popular urban” while privileging intellectualized self-expression in accordance to references legitimated by critics and authors specialized in restricted repertoires of art history.https://www.revistas.ufg.br/VISUAL/article/view/23088Classifications of culturepowerimages
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Classifications of culture
power
images
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title Polemics and questions concerning culture classifications: high, low, folk, mass
title_short Polemics and questions concerning culture classifications: high, low, folk, mass
title_full Polemics and questions concerning culture classifications: high, low, folk, mass
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title_full_unstemmed Polemics and questions concerning culture classifications: high, low, folk, mass
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publisher Universidade Federal de Goiás
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publishDate 2012-06-01
description Based on Cultural Studies and Visual Cultural Education’s perspectives, this article discusses the relations between “folk culture” and “high culture” delineating a synthetic overview of these concepts. Taking the notion of authenticity as premise which defines manifestations of high culture arrays, the article examines arguments that oppose the idea of “mass culture” or, “low culture” explaining how they belittle the notion “popular urban” while privileging intellectualized self-expression in accordance to references legitimated by critics and authors specialized in restricted repertoires of art history.
topic Classifications of culture
power
images
url https://www.revistas.ufg.br/VISUAL/article/view/23088
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