ENGL 313: Popular Culture
Sample of Terms and Concepts

Culturalism
Hegemony
Ideology
Marxism
Mass culture
Popular culture
Poststructuralism
Social formation
Structuralism
Codes
Difference
Intertextuality
Irony
Signification
Symbolic
Sign

 

 

 

 

 

Cultural Imperialism
Disorganized Capitalism
Globalization
Hybridity
Modernity
Post-Fordism
Post-industrial society
Postmodernism
Agency
Anti-essentialism
Constructionism
Discourse
Essentialism
Identification
Identity




 


 

Panoptic/Panopticon
Power relations
Heteronormativity
Romantic comedy
Radical romance
Sex comedy
Media
New Media
Race
Class
Base
Superstructure
Means of production
Proletariat
Bourgeoisie
Master/Slave
Culture from above and below





 


Subject position
Subjectivity
Femininity
Feminism
Gender
Masculinity
Patriarchy
Performativity
Representation
Citizenship
Cultural politics/policy
Deconstruction
Power
Pragmatism
Public sphere
Cultural capital