Critics Who Adopt the "Skyscraper" Model of Understanding Culture Worry

question 43

Multiple Choice

Critics who adopt the "skyscraper" model of understanding culture worry that too much "low" culture .

• A) will stunt their imagination and undermine their intellectual growth
• B) will take meaningful and complex works of art and literature and render them trivial
• C) will distract people from meaningful political action and important social change
• D) will prevent people from experiencing genuine art
• E) All of the options are correct.

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