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Old January 01, 2011, 01:48 PM
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Could be "popular imagination" a proper translation for "imaginario popular"?

We mean by "imaginario popular" the collection of ideas and myths that no matter they're abstract and imaginary, often act as a way to structure society in spite they're not social values. They are sort of informal institutions, totally created by collective imagination. An instance of it in the anglo-saxon world could be the romantic image attached to criminals like Bonnie and Clyde.
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I would think 'folklore', or 'oral traditions', is an equivalent in English.
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Thank you, Rusty. Time given, some elements of "imaginario popular" may become folklore. Maybe I failed to explain the idea. Here is an example written in 2003:

"En los últimos diez años la taquilla estadounidense se ha visto invadida por films que o bien planteaban que el mundo tal y como lo conocemos es una ilusión, o bien construían durante toda la película una ilusión para dar por tierra con ella hacia el final. Los sospechosos de siempre, El club de la pelea, Al filo de la muerte, Los otros, Sexto sentido, Truman Show, Matrix... Sin llegar a ser abrumadora, tan siquiera por tratarse de las películas de mayor éxito y repercusión en el imaginario popular de fin de siglo, la coincidencia es significativa. Una cierta tendencia viene observándose desde hace algún tiempo en el cine de entretenimiento. Y es la de un creciente cuestionamiento de la realidad, tanto fílmica como objetiva..."
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Could be "popular imagination" a proper translation for "imaginario popular"?

We mean by "imaginario popular" the collection of ideas and myths that no matter they're abstract and imaginary, often act as a way to structure society in spite they're not social values. They are sort of informal institutions, totally created by collective imagination. An instance of it in the anglo-saxon world could be the romantic image attached to criminals like Bonnie and Clyde.
Popular imagery = popular imagination
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Popular imagery = popular imagination
I don't like either of these, the first is definitely not correct. "popular myth" is my best shot.
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I don't like either of these, the first is definitely not correct. "popular myth" is my best shot.
I know it is an odd way, but it exist in English as well as in Spanish. Maybe an old way to say "popular myth/belief"?
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Popular culture?
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Popular culture?
Not quite. I guess.
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'Pop culture' is usually considered the 'culture' that comes as a result of 'mass media'. This includes what the film industry is marketing.
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Well but in the context of the phrase which ones is?
It's about a person or object.

In this case I would say imaginary friend.
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