HUM3321 Fall 2012 Final ExamConceptsISA-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 RSAHegemony-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 MPAAOrientalism-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.DefinitionsMulticulturalism-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 motivationsNationalism- 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 TransgenderHomoeroticism-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 competitionGenresWar-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 musicalsFilm Noir – literally means “black film”. On major current in a flood of films that reaffirms traditional American values and identidyAfrican 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 netFilms 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 PandoraRole 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
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