What is a cultural text?

Question

What is a cultural text?

Answer 1

A cultural text can be anything from film to music, or art to books, such things only become a text after they have been decoded through critical interpretation. Each individual interprets text differently and it is through such things that we can experience culture.

Answer 2

Objective elements of a culture (things we can see, touch, hear, etc), physical manifestations of a culture.  

Examples: books, music, art, clothing, etc.