[CITATION][C] Against the American grain.

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Masscult and midcult

D Macdonald - Popular Culture: Theory and Methodology. A …, 2006 - books.google.com
Dwight Macdonald, an early student of popular culture, views culture as divided into folk
culture, mass culture (popular culture), midcult, and high culture. His essay," Masscult &
Midcult," is a seething attack on popular culture, which is labeled non-or anti-art, and on
midcult, a debased amalgam of popular and elite cultures. Macdonald's critical views were
typical of many early-twentieth-century cultural critics who felt that a combination of the
Industrial Revolution, post-World War II prosperity, and upward social mobility imperiled …