Abstract ◊ The tendency connected with overlapping of layers of elite and mass cultures is currently becoming more and more distinct. This is due to communication technologies development and globalization tendencies where the phenomena of many cultures assume the qualities of elitism getting into an unsual for themselves context.
Keywords: mass culture, elite culture, musical environment, crossover, genre, megapolis, popular art.
Taiushev Sergey Sergeevich — a postgraduate of the Philosophy, Culturology and Politology Department at Moscow University for the Humanities. Tel.: +7 (499) 374-61-81. E-mail:
Citation: Taiushev S. S. Zhanr crossover kak iavlenie populiarnoi kul'tury // Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie. 2011. № 1. S. 231–237.
