Popular Culture Perpetuates the Hegemony of Capitalism

(Audio deleted due to copyright issues, imagine this playing to "Belle" from Beauty and the Beast. It seemed appropriate.)

From the time we are too young to think for ourselves, we are inculcated with the beliefs and expectations of our society. Those beliefs, predicated on a capitalist regime, are spoon fed to us through the medium of popular culture which permeates our everyday lives. Is it any wonder then, that we turn out the way we do?

Bilbiography

Hebdige, Dick, (1979), Subculture: The Meaning of Style, London: Methuen. As quoted in Storey, John. Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction. 4th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2006.

Napier, Mark. "Alternative $arbies." The Distorted $arbie. Retrieved February 15, 2008. http://users.rcn.com/napier.interport/barbie/barbie.html

Storey, John. Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction. 4th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2006.

Strangelove, Michael. The Empire of Mind: Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005.

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• popular
• culture
• pop
• capitalism
• hegemony
• Barbie
• Disney
• princess
• fairy
• tale
• Goth

[HectorLex]

very well done, good impact at the end. Nice quotes. who's strangelove?

[Laskie152]

The prof whose class I made this video for. Though the book I was referencing was nominated for the Governor General's award for non-fiction the year before so it's not like he doesn't have the credentials!

[purplestoner]

very good its good without the music simply done and good points A+!

[sophhxxooxx]

this was excellent. Will forward it to my teenage daughter.

[julianjulijulian]

simple and true - but the problem is, that people of all times liked new shiney and rare things, because there group meads are valuing them - rare and old shalles, purles, gold, useles but still worthy.... the human paradox to be solved.

[justsmile115]

thank you this was enlightening:)

[cameronvcope]

very cool - thanks !

[SpamAnn]

great video of exposing what is created in our system!

[seanotube85]

@Laskie152

Is he a doctor?

[jamesgibbs123]

Nice job. Very thought provoking !

[ellmc95]

i'll show this to my niece. thanks!!

[muhreah]

well done, great points.