Low culture
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| [[Kitsch]], [[slapstick]], [[Camp (style)|camp]], [[escapist fiction]], [[popular music]], [[comic books]], [[tattoo]] art and [[exploitation film]]s are examples of low culture. It has often been stated that in [[postmodernism|postmodern]] times, the boundary between high culture and low culture has blurred. See the 1990s artwork of [[Jeff Koons]] for example of [[Appropriation (art)|appropriation]] of low art tropes. | [[Kitsch]], [[slapstick]], [[Camp (style)|camp]], [[escapist fiction]], [[popular music]], [[comic books]], [[tattoo]] art and [[exploitation film]]s are examples of low culture. It has often been stated that in [[postmodernism|postmodern]] times, the boundary between high culture and low culture has blurred. See the 1990s artwork of [[Jeff Koons]] for example of [[Appropriation (art)|appropriation]] of low art tropes. | ||
| - | [[Romanticism]] was one of the first artistic movements to reappraise "low culture", when previously maligned [[Romance (genre)|medieval romances]] started to influence literature and [[Susan Sontag]] was one of the first essayists to write about the intersection of high and low art in her [[1964]] essay "[[Notes on "Camp"|Notes on 'Camp']]". | + | [[Romanticism]] was one of the first artistic movements to reappraise "low culture", when previously maligned [[Romance (genre)|medieval romances]] started to influence literature and [[Susan Sontag]] was one of the first essayists to write about the intersection of high and low art in her [[1964]] essay "[[Notes on "Camp"|Notes on 'Camp']]". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] |
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| * [[lower class]] | * [[lower class]] | ||
| * [[lowbrow]] | * [[lowbrow]] | ||
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Low culture is a derogatory term for some forms of popular culture. The term is often encountered in discourses on the nature of culture. Its opposite is high culture. It has been said by culture theorists that both high culture and low culture are subcultures.
Kitsch, slapstick, camp, escapist fiction, popular music, comic books, tattoo art and exploitation films are examples of low culture. It has often been stated that in postmodern times, the boundary between high culture and low culture has blurred. See the 1990s artwork of Jeff Koons for example of appropriation of low art tropes.
Romanticism was one of the first artistic movements to reappraise "low culture", when previously maligned medieval romances started to influence literature and Susan Sontag was one of the first essayists to write about the intersection of high and low art in her 1964 essay "Notes on 'Camp'". [1] [Apr 2007]
