Pop Culture

Micheal Jackson, Andy Warhol, Lebron James, and Barbie dolls are all a definition of pop culture. According to Wikepedia, pop culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture. Pop culture to me, is constantly changing and is classified by different classes, gender, professions, etc. Pop culture can come in raw forms like folk culture or elite, high culture forms. It is mainly based on the thoughts and decisions of everyone at some point and time.

My artifact is the Barbie doll, although classified as superficial, Barbie is loved by many. The doll debuted in 1959 and is still one of the most sot-after toy for girls today. Barbie has always caused controversy and made numerous changes throughout the years. She is an idea of the female representation and has been every profession under the sun and over 40 different nationalities.