Cultural Studies By John Frow And Meaghan Morris - 852 Words

For this week’s reading, we read â€Å"Cultural Studies† by John Frow and Meaghan Morris. The author started out by describing how â€Å"culture† became a popular term within the media since the 1980’s and words like â€Å"postmodernism† and â€Å"globalization†. The Australian politician describe the word ‘culture’ affects people’s point of views and way of working through complicated customs, values, and expectations. The author supported the argument that changing culture is a very important aspect by using an example from Murdoch. He pointed out that being able to come up with â€Å"cultural† solution is essential to solve economic issues. A quote from the text is â€Å"Changing the culture is a way of challenging the conduct of other people’s everyday working lives, whether within the framework of a single company.† (Denzin and Lincoln P. 490) In order to make this work, workers need to revise their habits and conducts at work by improving the race and gender equality issues in the workplace for providing more fair opportunities. This way, minorities can also feel their personal and social worth among the society. Culture is seen to affect homes, works neighborhoods and streets. Another important quote from the text is, â€Å"culture is a term that can designate†¦ ‘the whole way of life’ of a social group as it is structured by representation and power†¦ It is a network of embedded practices and representations that shapes every aspects of social life.† (Denzin and Lincoln P. 491) However, some people