Summary of Culture and Value Terms

High Culture High Culture is values and notions of cultural and national identities. It is extremely powerful within the culture in that it determines or defines not only which styles are most valued but also the attitudes and beliefs that are highly regarded in that particular culture. High culture is seen as texts such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. These have also been known to be "the greats" or "the classics". This type …

…challenges the ideology of men being 'dominant', and to also dispute against unequal rights between females and males. -<Tab/>Marxism Marxism is concerned with equity. It tends to focus on the role of power and who controls the situation, emphasising the idea that no one person is better than anyone else, or should be. The core notion of Marxism is to resist ideology and question the values that surround ideology.