Which of the following assertions are NOT true about cultural studies?

1. A. Popular culture is the set of practices, beliefs and objects that embody the most widely shared meanings of a social system.
2. B. Dominant culture refers to the invisible aspects of our practices and attitudes.
3. C. Residual culture is older practice that survives in traces within present culture.
4. D. The discipline is comparatively new and opposed to rigid traditional Marxist methods.
5. E. It discourages the audibility of women in public spaces.

1. A(E) and (B) only
2. B(A) and (E) only
3. C(B) and (C) only
4. D(C) and (E) only

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Correct answer: A. (E) and (B) only

Explanation

Williams's dominant culture is the visible, normative, hegemonic order (beside the residual and emergent), and cultural studies seeks to make women and marginal groups heard.