HUM3321 Multicultural Dimensions of Film and 20th Century Culture Final Exam Study Guide Format The final exam is not cumulative The format will be fill in the blank 20 questions 2 points each matching 23 terms 2 points each and short response choose 3 of 4 options 8 points each The highest possible score is 110 points Belton The Film School Generation 1 French New Wave began in 1958 a Cinema Notebooks group that cinema enthusiasts who critiqued movies in notebooks b Francois Truffaut Jean Luc Godard Eric Rohmer Jacques Rivette and Claude Charbrol i Central figures of the New Wave ii Claude Charbrol with release of Le Beau Serge started it in 1958 c New Wave directors did not apprentice in film industry i Studied films for years ii Allusions to other films iii Combination of genres 2 Auteur theory a Derived from the concept of camera stylo camera pen b Holds that the director is considered the author of the movie not writer of screenplay i Andrew Sarris adapted the techniques of Cahiers du Cinema brought the wave to the US 1 Argued in the American Cinema 1968 the Auteur Theory that it was important to research Hollywood s current and past production 2 Forced the Americans to take their own cinema seriously had NEW WAVE behind him American New Wave 3 a Filmmakers shared a desire to work independently of studio control and a belief in cinema as an art rather than mere entertainment at the time i First emerged in 1950s in NY concerned with realism and truthful depiction of American society ii Second called New Hollywood generation rose to prominence in the late 60s bringing a new set iii of values representative of the counter culture an aesthetic influence by the French New Wave In the late 80s and 90s a new generation of filmmakers working outside the studio system and openly in debt to both Nouvelle Vague and New Hollywood were awarded the mantle 4 pastiche the imitation of an earlier work but without any perceptible attitude meaning neutral attitude towards it The failure of the new 5 6 Brat pack a The inability to be original is the failure of the new feature of Postmodernism a Semi tough teens that grouped together that proved to upstage outgrow at the box office b The earlier generation of directors known as the Movie Brats Ex The Outsiders 7 Reaganite films a Rambo epitomized the new conservatism which was based in part on the desire to rewrite the recent past and put a positive face on our nation s more negative experiences b Rocky fortunes of the underdog through hard work tenacious determination the American Dream big budget exploitation films that reflected the new Conservatism of reaganite America 8 1980s and 1990s filmmakers a younger filmmakers who brought back the feeling of innocence through good vs evil films Jack Shaheen Reel Bad Arabs How Hollywood Vilifies a People 1 Xenophobia fear of foreigners or strangers 2 Stereotypes of Arabs male and female a That they are heartless brutal uncivilized religious fanatics through common depictions of Arabs kidnapping or raping a fair maiden expressing hatred from against Jews and Christians and demonstrating a love for wealth and power Literal means wise man and the head of the family Filmic stereotype leaders terrorist and oil wealth hook nosed potentates intent on capturing pale face Sheikh literal meaning and filmic stereotype 3 blondes for their harems stooges in sheets 1 4 5 Why stereotypes of Arabs persist in film Realities of Arabs that counter stereotypes Lack of presence Personal agendas Profit Ease Lack of outraged public opinion a Preserve culture Their dress is traditional and western Majority are peaceful not violent poor not rich b Math science c Only 12 of worlds Muslims are Arab d Arab people counter rendition e Have made many contributions to civilization that include astronomical geographical water clock and architecture that inspired Greeks Peggy McIntosh White Privilege Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack 1 Privilege usually defined as being a favored state whether earned or conferred by birth or luck a PRIVILEGE IS PRIMARILY UNEARNED ADVANTAGE AND CONFERRED DOMINANCE b Yet some of the conditions work systematically to over empower certain groups Such privilege simply confers dominance because of ones race or sex c Distinguish between earned strength and unearned power conferred privilege can look like strength when it is in fact permission to escape or to dominate 2 White privilege a McIntosh acknowledges that there are other interlocking factors when it comes to power dominance b religion social status economic status gender geographical location I have come to see white privilege as an invisible package of unearned assets which I can count on cashing in each day but about which I was meant to remain oblivious c White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions maps passports codebooks visas clothes tools and blank checks Angela McRobbie Feminism the Family and the New Mediated Maternalism 1 Maternal feminine a Professionalization of motherhood i Treating mother hood as a woman being a CEO of a company b Women are suppose to be put together thin dressed well Shift from liberalism to neo liberalism a Shift from the public welfare to private welfare for mothers 2 3 Social democracy a Mid nineteenth century political outlook that focuses on a welfare state social services without the availability of childcare and has collective bargaining Barbara J Risman Gender as a Social Structure Theory Wrestling with Activism 1 Sex vs gender a Sex is given at birth and gender is socially constructed 2 Three dimensions of gender structure media is how they construct gender and individuals Institutional organizational practices legal regulations distributions of resources a i Ex Women usually get paid less than men b c Individual identity construction of selves internalization identity work socialization Interactional cultural exchange How genders interact with each other involves some type of power status expectation 3 Advantages to gender structure theory 4 a Helps approaches to gender together including all theories on the subject b c d Way of not having to war of scientific theories get involved in that way Structural approach makes it in the forefront with politics economics Helps to figure out where things are going wrong how do we correct the problem 4 Ways to transform social boundaries based on gender Socializing children differently a b Writing more gender neutral laws Karl Marx
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