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( NOV. 17)鈥擬exico and the Philippines have similar conditions on how television is located in the 21st century. This was the focus of the public lecture, 鈥淐acique Television: Rethinking Philippine Popular Culture through the Lens of Latin America,鈥 held on Nov. 11 at the College of Mass Communication (CMC) Auditorium.Dr. Anna Cristina Pertierra,听lecturer in Anthropology at University of Queensland discussed听the comparative study of entertainment television in the Philippines and Mexico. Both countries, Mexico and the Philippines, aside from sharing colonial and postcolonial histories, have similar condition on how television is located industrially, politically and culturally in the 21st century. She mentioned that television industries and audiences can also be understood through the lens of commercialized caciquismo. She considered the rise of the 鈥榩opular classes鈥 as a fruitful concept through which Latin American cultural theorists have reframed working class urban television audiences in the 20th and 21st centuries. The lecture was organized by the CMC Graduate Studies Department. 鈥Text and image by Alex Tamayo, College of Mass Communication |
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