1. Concept
The term “popular culture” (German Volkskultur; French culture populaire; Spanish cultura popular; Italian cultura populare) resists clear definition (Culture). Since the German Volkskultur was invented during Romanticism, it has been defined in contradistinction to Hochkultur (high culture), Elitenkultur (elite culture), and Gelehrtenkultur (scholarly/erudite culture), with Volk (People) taken at…