Edit: Totally forgot we were supposed to write something in preparation for the final project, ha… Roger Canals’s essay, “The mirror effect: seeing and being seen in the cult of María Lionza (Venezuela)”, reminded me of several critical theorists, including Susan Sontag. Through essays and, later, her book On Photography, Susan Sontag explores the materialContinue reading “The Camera as a Mediator of Imagination and Popular Culture”
Images of Pancho Villa
While watching the beginning of Marcel Camus’s Black Orpheus, I found the film’s depiction of children and fashion particularly insightful into the popular culture of Brazil. Several times, children play soccer, which implies it is part of popular culture, as the children are unlikely to come up with the game on their own and likelyContinue reading “Black Orpheus- the Roles of Children and Fashion in Popular Culture”
For this week I watched Marcel Camus’s “Black Orpheus” (after seeing the required eleven minutes I decided to watch the whole film). Camus fulfills the viewer’s fantasy of the Brazilian carnival. It opens with classic Brazilian sounds, vibrant colours, kites, and women dancing with packages on their heads. The song playing during the title isContinue reading “Week 1: What is culture? LAST 201”
