Essays about: "Mass Culture"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 90 essays containing the words Mass Culture.

  1. 16. The Effects of Mass Culture on the Loman Family : The Frankfurt School Critical Theory Applied to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Henrik Levin; [2021]
    Keywords : Miller; Marx; alienation; Frankfurt School; critical theory; mass culture; conformity; consumerism; escapism; law of success;

    Abstract : This essay discusses the effects of mass culture on the Loman family in Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman. The focus is to identify whether conformation to mass culture and alienation have caused the characters to be lonely and to give up what they enjoy and to fall in line with a system where individuality is replaced by totality. READ MORE

  3. 17. Water Talks : Rewilding craft: restoring relationship through making objects entangled with place

    University essay from Konstfack/Keramik & Glas

    Author : Elin Sundström; [2021]
    Keywords : performativity; place; water; animism; site-responsive; relational; intraaction; natureculture; Rewilding craft; interdisciplinary;

    Abstract : On the brink of a sixth mass extinction, I renegotiate, through crafting, some basic assumptions on which our economy-culture is built, those of separation and dominance. The project Till Källan / Water Talks is based on a method where I ask various places what they would want me to do on site. READ MORE

  4. 18. Historical culture of Soviet mass deportations in contemporary Latvia. How do cultural expressions form historical narrative and use of history?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Elizabete Marta Purvina; [2020]
    Keywords : Latvia; Soviet deportations; Historical culture; Use of history; Historical consciousness; Cultural memory;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the Soviet mass deportation historical culture narrative formation and their use of history in contemporary Latvia. Looking to find research answer to question of: How are the Soviet mass deportations of 1941 and 1949 used in, and forms Latvian historical culture, in the novel Five Fingers and the film Chronicles of Melanie? The analysis is done via three connected parts using concepts of use of history, cultural and social memory. READ MORE

  5. 19. The role of the ‘approaches of mediation’ in the structural preservation of the system of mass media - A study into the structural continuity of contemporary mass media based on system theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Cecilia Muszta; [2020]
    Keywords : Keywords: system theory; mass media; transgender representation; interpretation; narrative; self-representation; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The aim of this project is to highlight the structural continuity of contemporary mass media, despite the various changes, both technological and in relation to the agents of mass media, that occurred in the last two decades, following the advent of online journalism. The approach that will be pursued is a structural one, not content analysis. READ MORE

  6. 20. Canvas of dissent : a study of visuals and its significance in group formations and communications during the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-ELAB movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Wing Lam Cheryl Fung; [2020]
    Keywords : Visual culture; Social Movements; Group Formations; Hong Kong; Anti-Extradition Bill Movement; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Beginning from June 2019, the streets of Hong Kong have been turned into a theatre of protests. Together with their banners and umbrellas, protesters took to the street to protest against the proposed extradition bill that allows the government to send suspected criminals to mainland China. READ MORE