“…Gramsci understood and emphasized, more clearly than did his interpreters, the complex unity of coercion and consent in situations of domination.  Hegemony was a more material and political concept in Gramsci’s usage than it has since become.  For another thing, Gramsci well understood the fragility of hegemony…Let us explore hegemony not as a finished and monolithic ideological formation but as a problematic, contested, political process of domination and struggle.”  Roseberry, pg. 358

What do we mean when we say that a film, TV show, or album, is “revolutionary?”  Can culture be “counter-revolutionary?”

Provide an example of culture, high or low, that preserves or reproduces the “common sense” terms of domination.  Alternatively, present a cultural practice or phenomenon that represents a possible “counter-hegemonic” challenge to consensus and the integrity of “the horizon of the taken-for-granted.”  Examples can include books, poems, songs, movie or TV clips, myths and oral traditions.  Case selection and historical scope is up to you (it does not have to be from the US).  Have fun with this blog!