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This document discusses the relationship between high culture and popular/mass culture. It argues that just as mythology and psychoanalysis were important to modernism, the detective story genre is important to postmodernism. It also argues that kitsch (popular culture) and the avant-garde are not as mutually exclusive as often thought, and there is a dialectical relationship between the two. Popular culture provides reassurance while avoiding difficulties, whereas high culture aims to create difficulty and

Author

Donny Van Sas

Language

EN