Popular commercial forms must preserve elements of authentic vernacular to succeed

Evidence

Tradition is a vital element in culture; but it has little to do with the mere persistence of old forms. It has much more to do with the way elements have been linked together or articulated. These arrangements in a national-popular culture have no fixed or inscribed position, and certainly no meaning which is carried along, so to speak, in the stream of historical tradition, unchanged. Not only can the elements of “tradition” be rearranged, so that they articulate with different practices and positions, and take on a new meaning and relevance. It is also often the case that cultural struggle arises in its sharpest form just at the point where different, opposed traditions meet, intersect. They seek to detach a cultural form from its implantation in one tradition, and to give it a new cultural resonance or accent. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1017 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Effective media must preserve roots in a real vernacular; Tradition is about how elements are articulated, not about persistence of old forms — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1017; Many honored traditions were invented recently for commercial reasons — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 649

Related

• Tradition is about how elements are articulated, not about persistence of old forms (similarity 0.86)
• Traditions are re-articulated arrangements, not fixed inheritances carrying stable meaning (similarity 0.84)
• Cultural power operates through a constantly shifting boundary of what counts as tradition (similarity 0.81)
• Many honored traditions were invented recently for commercial reasons (similarity 0.80)
• Cultural elements that appear to persist can secretly shift their social meaning and function (similarity 0.79)
• Tradition does not resist change but lacks markers to give change meaning. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Tradition is about how elements are articulated, not about persistence of old forms #corroborates (0.60) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1017