Culture, Popular/Mass Culture I (ENG) 

One can listen to Prof Nayar for hours and still not get tired. What a phenomenal scholar he is!

00:08 Culture is the set of human practices aimed at producing meaning. 03:13 Culture is not fixed and is constantly contested and negotiated. 05:59 Culture is defined as acceptable or illegitimate based on economic and cultural power. 09:04 Culture is used as a means of controlling marginalized classes and asserting dominance by the economically powerful. 12:00 Cultural forms shape the organization of society. 14:21 The politics of culture determines the authenticity and value of Shakespeare's plays based on where they are staged and who pays to watch them. 16:53 Distinction between cultural forms and cultural practices 19:19 Folk culture is the popular culture of a particular region or community, constituting their cultural memory and sense of identity. 21:51 Shared sense of cultural citizenship on train journey 24:17 Culture is a rallying point that brings people together and is a political act. 26:50 Culture enables individuals and groups to develop identity and a sense of belonging. 29:16 Culture is rooted in the sense of manufacturing something and establishes identity through a range of representations.

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Culture is human practices. Social conventions, norms , laws. Could mean refinement. Samskriti means transformation-

Sir, plz make a course on difference between diasporism and transnationalism

Is love a cultural concept ?

Thank you Sir

Culture is imprints that registered in our mind or Consciousness..Understand the difference between culture and civilization. He doesnt come to the core. How it related with life of humanbeings.

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hello from Morocco, and thank you very much for your explanation. I just have some comments about some grammatical mistakes. Thank you for your effort again.

Please use simple words

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Why didn't you include postmodernism in your book 'Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory' ? We are facing problem as an under graduate student because it is this book we love reading. Please if possible...Write a chapter on postmodernism.