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Texts within a genre share thematic and stylistic properties

How many meanings can a polysemic text have?

Who said "the ideas of the ruling class are, in every age, the ruling ideas."

Who controls the power?

Gucci shoes are an example of what kind of culture?

The building blocks of a genre

Crime shows being formulaic is an example of

What serves as a symbolic bridge to the "real" and the "ideal"?

The word "cow"

Hegemony is never total

Punk music inciting rebellion is an example of

Institutions that shape culture conformity through force. ex. Police, courts, military

Which is a foundational belief that influences how we see, understand, or think about the world? "common sense"

Which is not a form of culture we learned about in class?

Mary Poppins is an example of what kind of culture?

The extension of rule over different countries, territories, or peoples, by force, for the purpose of economic gain

Left-Wing critics of popular culture believe it can "cause you to do something"

Mental image of a cow

Which of the follow is not an example as to why genres emerge?

What is a process whereby the proof of the ideal is removed from the ‘here and now'?

The historical process through which dominant groups (usually nations) have assimilated and dominated less powerful ones

All signs/texts have two layers of meanings. The emotional meaning is the denotation

Institutions that shape cultural conformity through persuasion -- more important. ex. Family, church, media, school

What was a cultural myth found in the "Careful You Might Run Out of Planet" reading?

The dictionary definition of a sign is the denotation

Punks and goths are an example of

What arises when Exchange Value becomes greater than use value?

A way of classifying popular culture texts into groups and subgroups.

A means to show one's social status, especially when publicly displayed goods and services are expensive.

A recent shift in the relationship between the world's cultures fueled by complex economic, political, and tech factors.

ideological institutions. E.g. family, community, religion, education, the arts = base of the base/Superstructure Model

Celtic music is an example of what kind of culture?

The ideological infiltration of cultural products of dominant to less powerful nations At the expense of native cultures

The ability of dominant groups in a society to exercise control over weaker groups. Needs a consenting populace

What is the overall meaning of the Space Western genre?

Which of the following genres has the overall meaning of the "Adolescent Male Power Fantasy"

Which of the following is not a phase of the genre cycle?