Cultural artifact5/31/2023 It is clear that the popularity of this book has less to do with quality, “talent, content, or luck” than it does with the desire of the public to read fan fiction, works based on favorite characters written by others in an attempt to continue the world from which they originate (Eakin, 2012). The Cultural Roots of Fifty Shades of Grey This poorly written knock off of a book that wasn’t much better in quality (but was at least properly edited for spelling and grammar) sold more than ten million copies by 2012 alone, a number which is sure to be greater with the coming release of the movies based on the books (Eakin, 2012). Furthermore, it goes to show exactly how much our society today seems to hate anything original it shows how “crass, sycophantic, celebrity-obsessed, naïve, badly written, derivative, consumerist, unoriginal, (and) anti-original” our society today has become (Morrison, 2012).Ī Description and Analysis of How Fifty Shades of Grey Relates to the Values and Beliefs of My Cultureįifty Shades of Grey has been described as both “mommy porn” and “Twilight for grown-ups,” an ironic turn of events considering the fact that this book started out as a badly written fanfic, or fan fiction, of the world of Twilight (Bosman, 2012 Morrison, 2012). This artifact works to explain why nothing being created today is of any value, serves to show how a flight of fancy carries more weight with the total populace than something of substance, and indicates how deeply the quality of our society has gone down the drain. James works to describe all that is wrong with society today, and how far society today has fallen from quality works. The artifact I have chosen that best works to represent the culture in which I live today is Fifty Shades of Grey this particular book by E.L. The Artifact I Have Chosen that Best Represents the Culture I Live in Today ![]() There are many different items that a person thinks of when they think of the 2010s, but perhaps one of the most accurate artifacts of today’s day and age is one that will not necessarily be first apparent, though after an explanation of the reasons for the choice, it will become clear as to the reasons this artifact has been chosen, and the reasons that the artifact is the most fitting for representation of our culture. ![]() The 1960s had the Beatles, the 1980s had Michael Jackson, the 1920s had Ernest Hemmingway, and the 1990s had dial up. Keywords: representation, culture, cultural artifact, description, values, beliefs, roots, cultural periods, future generations, evolutionsĭuring the course of many different societies and cultures, there is often a single artifact that may be selected for the purposes of describing the culture as a whole for that time period.
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