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Middlebrow — The term middlebrow describes both a certain type of easily accessible art, often literature, as well as the population that uses art to acquire culture and class that is usually unattainable. First used by the British satire magazine Punch in… … Wikipedia
Culture industry — is a term coined by critical theorists Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) and Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), who argued in the chapter of their book Dialectic of Enlightenment, The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception ; that popular culture is… … Wikipedia
middlebrow — 1911 (adj.), 1912 (n.), from MIDDLE (Cf. middle) + BROW (Cf. brow) (Cf. HIGHBROW (Cf. highbrow), LOWBROW (Cf. lowbrow)). [T]here is an alarmingly wide chasm, I might almost say a vacuum, between the high brow, who considers reading either as a… … Etymology dictionary
middlebrow — middlebrowism, n. /mid l brow /, n. Informal. a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture; a moderately cultivated person. [1920 25; MIDDLE + BROW, on the model of HIGHBROW, LOWBROW] * * * … Universalium
middlebrow — /ˈmɪdlbraʊ/ (say midlbrow) noun 1. a person of mediocre or limited intellectual calibre or culture. 2. a person of middle class or bourgeois taste. –adjective 3. mediocre; bourgeois: *I ve picked it all up from the middle brow discussions at my… …
Popular culture studies — is the academic discipline studying popular culture. It is generally considered as a combination of communication studies and cultural studies. Following the social upheavals of the 1960s, popular culture has come to be taken more seriously as a… … Wikipedia
midcult — ˈmidˌkəlt noun ( s) Etymology: middlebrow culture : the artistic and intellectual culture that is neither highbrow culture nor lowbrow culture : middlebrow culture * * * /mid kult /, n. 1. (sometimes cap.) the intellectual culture intermediate… … Useful english dictionary
Will Durant — Born November 5, 1885(1885 11 05) North Adams, Massachusetts Died November 7, 1981(1981 11 07) (aged 96) Los Angeles, California Occupation Historian, writer, philosopher … Wikipedia
midcult — /mid kult /, n. 1. (sometimes cap.) the intellectual culture intermediate between highbrow and lowbrow; middlebrow culture. adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of such culture. [1955 60, Amer.; mid(dle brow) cult(ure); see MASSCULT] * *… … Universalium
Mortimer J. Adler — Full name Mortimer J. Adler Born December 28, 1902(1902 12 28) New York, New York, United States Died … Wikipedia
Association for Cultural Freedom — The Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) was an anti communist advocacy group founded in 1950. In 1967, it was revealed (first by Ramparts and later by mainstream news outlets) that the United States Central Intelligence Agency was instrumental in … Wikipedia
