A Theory of Popular Culture From the South

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Alessandro Testa
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
The South

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Horrall
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
British Empire ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Short Note ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
South Pole ◽  
The South ◽  
Gender And Race ◽  
Evolutionary Theories

This short chapter opens with a scene set in 1911, in which Antarctic explorers from throughout the British Empire listen to a recording of the era’s most famous cave man in their hut near the South Pole. This demonstrates how the cave man had been insinuated into global popular culture. The introduction then briefly sketches the character’s genesis, noting the importance of popular evolutionary theories and especially Charles Darwin, the role played by the cartoonist Edward Tennyson ‘E.T.’ Reed and the international influence of his drawings. The use of the term ‘cave man’ to refer to these ancient humans is discussed as are issues surrounding gender and race. Finally, a short note about primary sources discusses how digitisation and searchable databases have revolutionised the ways in which popular culture can be explored, reconstructed and understood.

The Language of Tokens and the Making of Marriage

Rural History ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana O'hara
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
The South ◽  
Extensive Information ◽  
Pictorial Representations

In the study of popular culture, the significance of gifts and tokens in the making of marriage has not been given the attention it deserves. The surviving artefacts alone merit closer examination and the role of such objects in dramatic and pictorial representations has yet to be adequately explored. If their full social and symbolic importance is to be understood, however, a close examination is necessary of acts of giving in precisely defined historical contexts. The richly detailed evidence of ecclesiastical depositions surviving for the diocese of Canterbury permits just such an examination. This evidence provides examples from rural communities in woodland, downland, marshland and lowland pays in Kent to the south and east of the River Medway, and shows their connections with local towns. And among these, the case ofDivers v. Williamsprovides unusually extensive information.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Demand of Dark Tourism: A Case Study in Córdoba (Spain)

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mª Genoveva Dancausa Millán ◽  
Ricardo David Hernandez Rojas ◽  
Javier Sánchez-Rivas García
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
The South ◽  
Dark Tourism ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Paranormal Phenomenon ◽  
The City

Abstract Visiting places where death is present, either due to a natural tragedy, war, the Holocaust, etc., or because there is the presence of a non-visible entity or paranormal phenomenon, is increasingly more accepted in modern times. It has become a kind of tourism that has grown in demand, though it remains a minority. The city of Cordoba, in the south of Spain, is swarming with houses and places where legends have endured over centuries as a consequence of the coexistence of three cultures – Jewish, Christian and Arab. In turn, popular culture considers these places as having a characteristic “charm” due to the phenomena that happen there. This work analyses the profile of dark tourism tourists, particularly in two sub-segments - that of ghosts and of cemeteries - as well as the existing offer. The aim is to design and improve a quality tourist product that is adapted to the requirements of the demand.

The South Bank Show, popular music and the reframing of arts television

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lee
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
The South ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Contemporary Context

This article focuses on the framing of popular music on The South Bank Show (SBS) (1978–2010, 2012–present). Popular culture was central to SBS’s agenda from its very conception, framed by the title sequence by Pat Gavin and the choice of subject matter – the first ever episode was on Paul McCartney, signalling a mainstream cultural appeal and a cultural conservativism given the wider contemporary context of punk sensibility. Therefore, to understand SBS’s approach to popular music, we need to understand the context from which it emerges: the British broadcasting political economy of the late 1970s centred around the pre-choice duopoly and intense rivalry between the BBC and ITV, as well as a production environment centred around Melvyn Bragg. Yet, SBS was not a radical programme, and its focus on popular music over the years has largely been focused on mainstream artists and tastes – speaking to a mainstream audience rather than to avant-garde tastes. In assessing this history, this article considers two programmes from the SBS archive in some detail, as well as reflecting on how production cultures impact cultural outputs.

Representing South Asian alterity? East London's Asian electronic music scene and the articulation of globally mediated identities

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhiraj Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Electronic Music ◽  
South Asian Diaspora ◽  
The South ◽  
Asian Diaspora ◽  
Music Scene ◽  
British Asians

In the years since the London tube bombings, popular depictions of British Asians have been increasingly `othered' at best, and stereotyped as dangerous terrorists at worst. Asian self-representation continues to be a critically-needed intervention. East London's Asian electronic music scene serves as a means to represent the voices of young urban British Asians, attempting to bring them from peripheral alterity and render them visible in mainstream British popular culture. The music, which blends synthesized electronic music with South Asian musical stylings, has brought musicians from both the South Asian diaspora and the subcontinent to perform in `Banglatown', East London. These regular globalized performances of the scene, an aspect rarely investigated, have challenged locally bounded British Asian identities.

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