Well, yes, (IMHO) I think media does reflect culture and vice versa. Nor
do I think it is any accident that this is so.
Lorry
At 11:13 AM 12/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Last night I wsa talking with a fellow graduate student who wanted to argue
>against the idea that popular fiction is a part of popular culture. I
>think I understand what he meant. Which was something like the fact that
>people are more likely to consume pop cultural texts like film, music,
>television, etc. than to read popular fiction. That doesn't seem quite
>right considering the immense popularity of romance novels, adventure
>fiction, and mysteries, not to forget mentioning science fiction and
>fantasy. Not only that but there is a very clear connection, as we've seen
>in some of the discussions on this list, that popular genres of film (such
>as romance, mystery, adventure, etc.) are very much connected with popular
>fiction. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
>
>Erik
>
>Erik Tsao
>Department of English
>Wayne State University
>Detroit, MI
>
>"like bigger thomas
>i didn't want to love but what
>i loved for. i am."
>
>-- Sonia Sanchez
>
>(From _I've Been A Woman: New and Selected Poems_. Chicago, IL: Third
>World Press, 1985. p. 78.)
>
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