Preliminary questions<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nChapter 3 established the importance of Culturalism in the study of Popular Culture. Two key figures, Hoggart and Williams, were seen to move Cultural Studies away from a Leavisite perspective. By the time Structuralists enter the frame, seeking to move Cultural Studies in quite another direction, Popular Culture as a worthwhile object of study had already been recognized. In focusing on signs, signifiers, referents, power and discourses, these theorists \u2013 and the Post-structuralists who came after \u2013 complicate meaning even further, seeing Culture and Popular Culture in terms of a system of signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What do you think a sign<\/u><\/em><\/strong> may stand for in relation to culture, representation and meaning formation? (If possible, write down your ideas or discuss them with fellow students for further consideration).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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After you read: Important ideas <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nImportant ideas: <\/strong>Chapter 6 explains two key notions for cultural criticism (and understanding culture is general): that of Structuralism and Post-Structuralism. Those notions map out specific approaches to culture and signification i.e. how meaning is being formed in a cultural context. Going through the following quizzes, test your understanding of this formation in relation to specific thinkers and ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Quiz 6.1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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