Comms Key Words

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  • Created on: 19-11-12 22:51
Bricolage
When Something is used as something else, eg a paper clip as a hair clip, a bin bag as a dress
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Pastiche
When something is copied, and the copy is meant to compliment or be a tribute to the original
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Parody
A copy, or very similar version of something, that makes fun of the original
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Post-Modern Irony
When a piece of literature or art is self consciously doing the opposite of what it appears to be doing
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Cultural Implosion
When old cultural hierarchies break down, there is no high culture and popular culture, culture just kind of implodes
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Hyper- Reality
When something is so fake, it becomes what's real (think Nicki Minaj)
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Intertexuality
When one texts meaning is shaped by another eg borrowing, referencing
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Modernity
The modern era. The idea that the world is open to transformation through human intervention
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Nostalgia
A longing for the past usually in an idolized form. Jameson said that nostalgia has replaced history in contemporary life
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When something is copied, and the copy is meant to compliment or be a tribute to the original

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Pastiche

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A copy, or very similar version of something, that makes fun of the original

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When a piece of literature or art is self consciously doing the opposite of what it appears to be doing

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When old cultural hierarchies break down, there is no high culture and popular culture, culture just kind of implodes

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