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Popular culture
The vernacular or people's culture that prevails in a modern society.
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Culture; Popular culture
In popular music, a remake of an earlier recording, often adapting the musical style to contemporary taste.
cultural imperialism
Culture; Popular culture
Spreading or imposing a foreign culture (usually white, European or American) and its values at the expense of an indigenous culture.
culture
Culture; Popular culture
Often assumed to refer only to what is called "high culture" in this book, culture is here used to indicate a particular way of life, and the non-utilitarian objects through which people living that ...
decorative arts
Culture; Popular culture
The creation of ornaments and other decorative objects, such as pottery, furniture, carpets; an applied art.
director
Culture; Popular culture
In film production the person responsible for staging the script and orchestrating actors performances, usually seen as the most important creative role.
diskjockey
Culture; Popular culture
Also DJ; someone who introduces and plays recorded music (especially popular music) on radio or television, or in a discotheque.
disco music
Culture; Popular culture
From "discotheque", a musical style characterized by insistent thumping bass patterns; enormously popular in the late 1970s.
