英概Unit16美国流行文化.pptVIP

American Popular Culture: Movies and Music Popular Culture Original usage in the 19th : Education and “culturedness” of the lower classes. Current meaning: culture for mass consumption. John Storey : Everything from “common culture”, to “folk culture”, to “mass culture.” In post-War War 2 , associating with commercial culture. How is popular culture defined in the American context? Being considered an “authentic” culture of the people American Film Early Years: Cinmatographe (电影放映机) , 1895 , Paris. Vitascope (维塔斯科普) ，1896 ，New York City. The first of these early theatres : called Nickelodeons (五分钱娱乐场) and opened in Pittsburgh. Attracting over 25 million viewers a week without linguistic, cultural, or social barriers. American Film The first American studio: the Motion Picture Patents Company built in the New York City and formed by Edison in 1909. The American movie capital after 1913 -- Hollywood. American Film The Hollywood Studio Era: Between 1916 and 1926 the American film industry came into the hands of a few powerful companies. Five “majors”– Fox (Century-Fox), MGM, Paramount, RKO, Warner Brothers. “little three” – Columbia, Universal, United Artists. American Film Prior to the First Word War : being preachy and sentimental, and set in a working-class milieu. In 1920s, cynicism and sensuality among the upper classes and democratic optimism gave way to rampant materialism The first all-talking picture – Lights of New York , in the 1928. American Film By the late 1930s, Hollywood entered into artistic golden age. Child star Shirley Temple in 1930s. Gone with the Wind in 1939. The Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences (电影艺术与科学学院), in 1927, Oscar/The Academy Awards. American Film In the 1950, two development ended the studios’ control of the entertainment business: The overwhelming popularity of television began to eat into studio profits. The studios were forced by Federal court rulings to abandon the control of distributio