The document discusses Philippine popular culture, including its definition, history, and major elements. It defines popular culture as cultural products consumed by the majority of society, and notes it was influenced by Spanish and American cultures in the Philippines. The major areas of Philippine popular culture discussed are komiks, film, radio, magazines, and music. It provides examples and background information for each of these areas.
The document discusses Philippine popular culture, including its definition, history, and major elements. It defines popular culture as cultural products consumed by the majority of society, and notes it was influenced by Spanish and American cultures in the Philippines. The major areas of Philippine popular culture discussed are komiks, film, radio, magazines, and music. It provides examples and background information for each of these areas.
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MIDTERMS-Lesson 1 (Philippine Popular Culture) (1)
The document discusses Philippine popular culture, including its definition, history, and major elements. It defines popular culture as cultural products consumed by the majority of society, and notes it was influenced by Spanish and American cultures in the Philippines. The major areas of Philippine popular culture discussed are komiks, film, radio, magazines, and music. It provides examples and background information for each of these areas.
The document discusses Philippine popular culture, including its definition, history, and major elements. It defines popular culture as cultural products consumed by the majority of society, and notes it was influenced by Spanish and American cultures in the Philippines. The major areas of Philippine popular culture discussed are komiks, film, radio, magazines, and music. It provides examples and background information for each of these areas.
to: a. Define and frame the concepts of “culture” and the “popular anh b. Understand the concept of pop culture c. Relationship between Media and Pop Culture
ph Popular Culture (etymology) The term "popular culture" was coined in the mid-19th century, and it referred to the cultural traditions of the people. Popular culture (or "pop culture") refers in general to the traditions and material culture of a particular society. In the modern West, pop culture refers to cultural products such as music, art, literature, fashion, dance, film, cyberculture, television, and radio that are consumed by the majority of a society's population. POPULAR culture
According to Brummett (1991) explains that “pop
culture includes the characteristics of social life which are actively practiced by the public.”
According to Bienvenido Lumbera, "popular literature
is considered a commodity and it is intended for a mass market." • did you know that? According to Lumbera, popular culture in the Philippines was created and used by the Spaniards to the native Filipinos or Indios via plays and literature to get the heart of the natives and win it. e i s co ur n
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The definition of popular culture in the Philippines is not just “of the people”
but “of the mass”, which is basically construed to be urban and industrialized Popular culture is in question because of the following reasons:
1. The Philippines is a third world country.
2. The Philippines has many indigenous ethnic
groups that are still not urbanized.
3. The Philippines has a long history of two
major cultural influences: Spanish and
American. 4. The Philippines is still predominantly
agricultural in its present socio-economic
status. 5. The Philippines is still dependent on foreign
economies. a • plane s n • Likasayan tary kasay o
The major • areas • of philipine pop culture Sinin g pop culture •
maynila 1. •komiks•
Kenkoy” was the first Filipino comic strip.
Its first appearance was in 1929.
Komiks is a “purveyor of entertainment and
moral lessons, disseminator of values and
attitudes, and a source of practical knowledge
on farming, government policies, medicine, and
science.” Kulafu. He roamed the mountains of Luzon similar with Tarzan who did Africa. Huapelo. He is a Chinese store owner. Saryong Albularyo. He is a barrio doctor with a last name that actually meant “quack”. Goyo and Kikay. They are the local counterparts of Jiggs and Maggie. Jiggs and Maggie are the main characters in an American comic strip named Bringing Up Father. Dyesebel. She is a mermaid created by Mars Ravelo, the same legendary cartoonist who created Darna. Darna. She is a Filipino super heroine created by the legendary cartoonist Mars Ravelo. Valentina. She is the arch enemy of Darna, also created by Mars Ravelo. Petra. He is a horse-bodied character. Karina. A magical agent of good with a flying kariton (pushcart). Phantomanok. A character who is a combination of a phantom and a rooster. 2. •FILM•
Cinematrografo are short-featured films
that were first shown in the Philippines
The first feature films that were produced
locally were in 1909, featuring the life of Jose
Rizal. Jose Nepomuceno’s “Dalagang Bukid”
was the first full-length feature film shown in
1919. “Ang Aswang” was the first talking picture
made in 1932 by Musser.
There were a total of 214
movie houses in the
Philippines in 1924 In 1939, the Philippine movie industry became fifth in world rank when it came to the number of talkies produced.
The movie houses were filled especially with
stars like Dolphy, Nora Aunor, Vilma Santos and Sharon Cuneta, Fernando Poe, Jr., Manunuri ng
Pelikulang
Pilipino The members are film buffs and writers who come from the academe and journalism. The word bakya is a derogatory term used by Filipino directors in the late fifties to characterize such films. Bakya is a wooden shoe worn by the lower classes in the Philippines that symbolizes low taste or low quality. Bienvenido
Lumbera He is a poet, librettist, and scholar.
As a poet, he introduced to Tagalog literature what is
now known as Bagay poetry, a landmark aesthetic tendency that has helped to change the vernacular poetic tradition. Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa (poems in Filipino and English) Tulang Lunot at Manibalang, 2002; Sa Sariling Bayan, Apat na Dulang May Musika, 2004; “Agunyas sa Hacienda Luisita,” Pakikiramay, 2004. Nicanor
Tiongson He is professor emeritus of the U.P. Film Institute and former dean of the College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman.
He is a founding member and former chair of the
Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino.
The Cinema of Manuel Conde The Urian Anthology The Women of Malolos Pilipinas Circa 1907 Basiila ng Malolos Noli at Fili Dekada 2000, and Mabining Mandirigma. 3. •Radio•
Radio stations in the 20s were owned and
operated by an electrical supply company and organized by an American named Henry Hermann.
In the Second World War, during the Japanese
occupation, all radio stations were closed except for
KZRH, which was then renamed to PIAM.
“The Voice of Juan de la Cruz” and the “Voice of
Freedom” from Corregidor and the Voice of America.
Alto Broadcasting System
"Alto" was a contraction of Quirino's and his
wife's first names, Tony and Aleli. Though they had little money and resources, ABS was able to put up its TV tower by July 1953 and import some 300 television sets. The Bolinao Electronics Corporation was formed in 1961. It was the largest broadcasting chain in the Philippines which then became the Alto Broadcasting System Kanlaon Broadcasting System it is a Filipino-based television and radio company based in Quezon City. It is the flagship media property of Nine Media Corporation of the ALC Group of Companies; along with the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS), and Far East Managers and Investors Inc., owned by the family of company founder Roberto Benedicto, among others, as major shareholders. Other Marcos-controlled media included Radio Philippines Network, the Voice of the Philippines, Philippines Broadcasting System, and the Daily Express. DRZH It is a radio station owned and operated by Manila Broadcasting Company. The station's studio is located at the MBC Building, Star City, Vicente Sotto St., CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay; while its transmitter is located along I. Marcelo St., Brgy. Malanday, Valenzuela. The station has nationwide coverage through its relay stations located across the Philippines. 4. •Popular
Magazine•
The Philippine Magazine was the first
magazine circulated in the Philippines in 1905.
The Philippines Free Press is the oldest news weekly
in the Philippines, established in 1907. It also has a magazine in its line-up, as well as articles from its archives. It is the Philippines' oldest existing English weekly news-magazine. Liwayway The weekly LIWAYWAY was placed under strict surveillance until it was managed by Japanese named Ishiwara. It is a leading Tagalog weekly magazine published in the Philippines since 1922. It contains Tagalog serialized novels, short stories, poetry, serialized comics, essays, news features, entertainment news and articles, and many others. In fact, it is the oldest Tagalog magazine in the Philippines. Its sister publications are Bannawag, Bisaya Magasin, and Hiligaynon. 5. •Popular Music•
At the beginning of the 70s, Philippine pop
music was certainly American.
Philippine popular music was also present in the form
of kundimans, love songs, zarzuelas, street songs, and children’s nonsense songs but these were not sung on stages or even played in the airwaves 5. •Popular Music•
Philippine pop culture was basically American,
from pop, to rock, and even Broadway, to variety shows in television. Pinoy rock emerged in 1973 through Joey Smith.
The Pinoy trend emerged when Rolando Tinio, a poet,
translated an album of American songs into Pilipino for Celeste Legaspi. Metro Manila Pop
Song Festival It also known as Metropop Song Festival, is one of the songwriting competitions in the Philippines that cater to the promotion of Filipino music. It has launched the careers of singers and songwriters in the country. a • plane s n • Likasayan tary kasay o
Literature
of Popular
Culture Sinin g pop culture •
maynila Popular culture literature consists primarily of the following: 1. Reportage and feature stories in daily newspapers and weekly magazines 2. Reviews of films, TV shows, pop concerts or performances, radio programs 3. Studies done by mass communication undergraduates, thesis writers, and scholars 4. Studies done by literature students and scholars 5. Studies done by scholars who are interested in popular culture as a field of research. a • plane s n • Likasayan tary kasay o
Formation
of Popular
Culture Sinin g pop culture •
maynila Urb Urbani anizat zation ion Industrialization brought with its mass production; developments
key ingredient in the formation of
in transportation and technology, increased
popular culture literacy, the emergence of efficient forms of
the diverse people would come to see
commercial printing themselves as a 'collectively' as a result
all of these contributed to the rise of popular
of common, or popular, forms of
culture expression ex: speaking in English is not that impactful
