Entertaiment is a large and diverse collection of art and entertainment, representing a wide range of media including film, television, music, books, magazines, and new media. Some of the works in this collection have strong ties to specific cultural traditions, while others are more transcultural or global in scope. This collection is a valuable historical record of how popular culture has evolved over time. Entertaiment has strong physiological connotations, based on the Latin intertenere, which means “to hold inside.” The word also has connections to the stomach or intestines through the medical term enteral. It also has associations with base emotions such as laughter and hilarity rather than the more cerebral connections of love and affection.
