Bamboozling Culture
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SummaryPopular culture is defined as the cultural elements that prevail in any given society, and stems from the daily interactions, needs, desires, and cultural 'moments' that make up the everyday lives of the mainstream . This definition is only one side of the coin however, since it fails to trace the roots of these cultural elements, desires, and needs. One possible explanation hypothesizes that popular culture is merely a product put forth by an industry which claims to serve the consumers' needs for entertainment, but conceals the ways in which it standardizes those needs. The term culture industry, coined by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, argued that popular culture is like a factory producing standardized cultural goods to manipulate the masses into passivity . This theory would explain the apparent shift from the prevailing ‘high culture’ in the 18th and early 19th centuries, which adopted the European model of the Renaissance man as ideal, to the 20th century’s “turn towards the ‘low’ for inspiration”-Lhamon
key words- William Henry, black culture, capitalism and Commodification
key words- William Henry, black culture, capitalism and Commodification
Table of Contents- Popular cultural tends to endorse a limited understanding and experience of life.
- Minstrel shows not only started popular culture, but consequently the commodification of black culture.
- 1840s and 50s, William Henry Lane and Thomas Dilward became the first African Americans to perform on the minstrel stage .
- Anyone who thinks Bamboozled is merely satirical is not taking into account ‘In Living Color?.
- Dismissing the phenomenon of lingering minstrelsy in popular culture as a pursuit of higher ratings.
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