High and Low Popular Culture [Schulman, Week 11, Dialogue Post]

Low culture and high culture have both shifted with globalization. Dostoevsky is not read by masses of people because it is a difficult book that one must dedicate a lot of time and thought to reading. It is also not a page turner. It does not fit with our instant-gratification popular culture. It is not globalization's fault that high culture is not what translates. By definition almost, hight culture is not for most people. It takes works to value. The reason people may not read as much is not the fault of globalization. It is the fault of modernization. In 16th century England there was not much to do so people valued the few books they had and read them out loud because it was one of the only forms of entertainment. Now, society is overwhelmed with outlets of instant entertainment. It is this modernization part of globalization that has also allowed amazing access to any foreign entertainment. Thus, it is modernizations fault that we have short attention spans would often rather watch T.V., but without modernization we couldn't have access to other countries low or high culture if wanted. Modernization has also allowed people from various cultures to learn, be influenced, and even have dialog with scholars or artists in other cultures that can allow new and interesting high and low culture to be established.