Culture and Power

Ø Culture

s High/low

s Popular (of the people)

s Mass (economic)

Ø Ideology

s Worldview

s False consciousness

Ø Hegemony and counter-hegemony in cultural production and consumption

s Antonio Gramsci, 1891-1937

- Ruling ideas: consent vs. coercion

- Intellectuals

Ø Cultural capital (Bourdieu)

s Cultural sophistication

s Relating cultural and economic capital