HUM3321 Fall 2012 Final Exam Concepts ISA Marxist idea that Althusser states Author stands for Ideological state Apparatus used by hegemony Consists of church family schools newspapers etc RSA Stands for Repressive State Apparatus Police law enforcement and military used for violence and to repress the population in mass Ideology ideology is the system of the ideas and representations which dominate the mind of a man or a social group Ideology is implemented through the use of ISA and RSA Hegemony The power and ruling class of a society Use mass media to perpetuate their wealth status and power Meritocracy Myth Mcnamee and Miller Challenges the idea that the hardest working people will be the most successful in a society Outside factors exist to suppress and deny many hard workers in reality Imagined Community A country is an exaggerated commuted A person can not physically meet everybody in a perceived community therefore it is imagined Arab Stereotypes Men are mostly portrayed as villans or Sheikhs Women are dehumanized humiliated and treated as sex objects African American Stereotypes Mammy Pickaninny Uncle Tom Men are athletes criminals and terrible parents Hays Production Code self induced code Not allowed Nudity Drug use affairs and homosexuality Replaced by MPAA Orientalism catholic church established the cultural boundary Everything controlled in colonized way was far east Church created Orientalism to justify subjugation and appropriation of their goods Gender Theory From birth you have been taught by society what is appropriate for you Consequences because it is taught at a young age Components of Masculinity Emotional detachment cannot show emotion competitiveness and sexual objectification of women White Savior Film White family or person saves minorities who come from poor economic backgrounds White Priviledge White people in society have natural advantages in societies over minorities Color Blind Racism Basically being racist in subtle ways Saying something questionable and then saying but I have black friends and stuff like that Gender Roles The accepted roles given to males and females in a society Males violence toy guns etc Women dolls pink toy kitchens etc LGBTQ Group of people that formed a society just based off of all of them being not heterosexual Definitions Multiculturalism A community that contains many different cultures in one USA Hollywood Lowbrow Crude humor bathroom jokes fart jokes etc Provides service by allowing social mores to be ridiculed Film Noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations Nationalism form of patriotism based upon the identification of a group of individuals with a nation Femme Fatale Smart cold dangerous women in Film Noir who lead the main character to their demise Created out of the fear of power women gained in the workplace during WW2 Bechdel Test Film 2 female characters with names talk to each other about something other than a man LGBT Stands for Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Homoeroticism sexual attraction between males with no intent to fulfill it Homosociality nonsexual attraction between members of the same sex Homosexuality sexual attraction between members of the same sex Transgender People who think they are the other gender EX Guy thinks he is a woman trapped in a mans body Blaxploitation Series of wildly successful films intended for the black community that highlighted some unfavorable African American stereotypes Emotional detachment don t behave or show emotions like a women Sexual Objectification of Women women are dehumanized and treated as objects for sex Competitiveness of involving or determined by competition Genres War Heightened Masculinity Homoeroticism morals are suspended women are used to weaken men and the goals of the group prevail over an individual Westerns East vs the West A tenderfoot somebody not used to the west is taught the ways of the west by an old person Cowboys vs Indians white values are more important then traditional values Horror Human battles something that isn t human teaches and enforces the importance of what it means to be human Musical musicals operate on two sets of books and operate under two separate laws There is a shift from one level of reality to another that involves a rupture or break in scene and this shift is what creates the feeling of pleasure associated with musicals Film Noir literally means black film On major current in a flood of films that reaffirms traditional American values and identidy African American Film Comedy serves as a form of liberation Exploits our ethnic and racial diversity Regulates and gives order to chaos Functions as a cultural safety net Films and other Media Avatar Ideology week Enemy has to be dehumanized in order to take whatever you want When his brother is killed in a robbery paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge s intentions of driving off the native humanoid Na vi in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung ho Colonel Quaritch while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na vi people with the use of an avatar identity While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics forcing the soldier to take a stand and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora Role Models Tries to mock stereotypes and humanize the people who exist in stereotypes Danny and Wheeler well into their 30s lack something Danny feels stuck he s sour and has driven away his terrific girlfriend Wheeler chases any skirt he sees for empty sex When they get in a fight with a tow truck driver they choose community service over jail and are assigned to be big brothers Danny to Augie a geek who loves participating in a weekend Medieval reenactment society and Wheeler to Ronnie a pint size foul mouthed kid After a rocky start things start to go well until both Danny and Wheeler make big mistakes Can the two men figure out how to change enough to be role models to the boys Hurt Locker Hypermasculinity moments of homo
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