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AP Euro Unit XII Elite and Popular Culture
How does one distinguish elite culture from popular culture?
elite
typically more classy
intellectual and social based
varied in language
more educated (because of print culture)
spread by books
popular
typically associated with lower classes
spread orally
Compare the way of life of the poor and of the well-to-do in the early eighteenth century in
material aspects
poor
raised wheat
ate bread made of rye, barley, or oats
lived in unsanitary and crowded places
fairs/carnivals
wealthy
ate fancy food served by professional chefs
lots of glass and mirror to display wealth
well-furnished
had private family chapels
less material aspects.
poor
spoke old language (called dialect now)
wealthy
French based etiquette (bowing, exchange of complements)
private theaters
stylish dancing
What elements were common to all classes in these year
coffee and alcohol
religion
disease
Shakespearean plays
believed in witchcraft
What changes by the eighteenth century were sharpening the distinction between elite and popular culture?
education/literacy
wealth
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