Jay Mechling's Grid for the Study of Culture
Realms of Culture:	Elite	Popular	Folk
Rhetorical Form:
Landscape	Natural history museum	Yosemite tour	Front yards Back yards
Built Environment (private)	Frank Lloyd Wright house	Tract house`	Log cabin
Cuisine	Haute cuisine	Fast food	Family foodways
Clothing	Haute couture	Levi's	Folk costume
Photography	Alfred Stieglitz	Look magazine	Family snapshot album
Visual art	Georgia O’Keefe exhibit	Advertising billboard	Quilts
Narrative	Willa Cather Novel	Harlequin romance	Tales and urban legend
Dramatic production	David Mamet play	Soap opera	Campfire skits
Music	Charles Ives, symphony No. 2	Bruce Springsteen	Fraternity and sorority songs
Game	Polo	Professional Baseball	Boy Scout Games