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According to Dr. Robert Neustadt, the border wall between the United States and Mexico________________________
a. causes problems for animal migration patterns b. is a social and political construction c. tends to funnel people toward making a crossing over an unhospitable and dangerous landscape d. both b and c e. all of the above |
e. all of the above |
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The concept of bifocality explains how a person may experience his or her life being pulled between two conceptions of culture.
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True |
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A contact zone is a concept that refers to a time and place where different cultures mingle, confront each other, learn from each other, and sometimes try to resist each other.
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True |
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According to Dr. Robert Neustadt, people are drawn to cross the US/Mexican border into the United States because of ___________.
a. jobs in the hospitatlity, agriculture, construction and landscaping industries b. all of the above c. higher wages in the United States d. the effects of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) |
b. all of the above |
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Which of the following illustrates what can emerge from a contact zone?
a. Blues music coming out of the Mississippi Delta. b. The Beatles' music emerging from Liverpool. c. British Colonialism. d. a and b e. a, b, and c |
e. a, b, and c |
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When a country occupies and uses the resources of that country to their benefit, as Kincaid says the British did on her island, it is known as__________.
a. Mobilization b. Socialization c. Colonialism d. Emancipation |
c. Colonialism |
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Kincaid says that in countries where you find a Minister of Culture, it usually means there is no culture, or they are afraid they may have no culture.
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True |
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One of Kincaid’s big complaints about life on her island is that she had to travel to London, England in order to learn how to speak English and learn about British culture.
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False |
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In A SMALL PLACE, Kincaid describes her life on the island as_______________________.
a. a paradise b. sometimes feeling like a prison c. a place where many natives envy the tourists d.a place where many natives do not like tourists e. all of the above |
e. all of the above |
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According to Kincaid’s memoir, the excellent library on her island offered young people the books and computer resources they needed to excel in school.
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False |
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In the film Style Wars, the appearance of graffiti art on canvases in an art gallery is an instance of cultural incorporation through commodification.
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True |
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In the film Style Wars, the public service announcements telling the public to "make your mark in society, not on society" is an instance of the cultural incorporation of deviance through symbolic annihilation.
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True |
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The "expressive function" of representation primarily focuses on making a strong persuasive argument.
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False |
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Style Wars is a film depicting____________________.
a. how one person’s cultural origins can become a source of stories, legends, and national pride for some people and a point of contention for others. b. how the clothing industry determines a limited range of choices for fashion. c. how those who write graffiti on trains are seeking a form of self expression. d. how the New York Transit Authority tries to wipe out graffiti. e. c and d |
e. c and d |
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According to the film, Style Wars, hip-hop dancing___________________.
a. was originally developed in European dance academies in the 1950s and eventually became popular among the general public b. originated when Michael Jackson first did his "moonwalk" on national television in 1983 c. is an expressive form that developed on city streets by youth from lower economic classes. d. none of the above. |
c. is an expressive form that developed on city streets by youth from lower economic classes. |
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The establishment of "standardized time" resulted in local communities becoming absorbed into a national time schedule for such things as mass transportation.
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True |
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Which of the following concepts or processes would NOT be characteristic of a “mass society”?
a. massification b. standardization c. homogenization d. a and c e. none of the above |
e. none of the above |
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The audience members who call in to participate in a nightly airing of a live talk show illustrates the idea of the ___________.
a. Centrifugal effect b. Centripetal effect c. consumption community d. b and c e. a and c |
d. b and c |
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The concept of “homogenization—when applied to culture-- explains how
a. places and things that are the same are made to be different from each other. b. places and things that are different are made to resemble each other. c. people differentiate themselves from each other through consumption. d. a and c e. none of the above |
b. places and things that are different are made to resemble each other. |
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Millions of viewers turning on their TV sets to the Super Bowl game each year is an example of the following:
a. Centripetal effect b. National culture c. Centrifugal effect d. b and c e. a and b |
d. b and c |
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In WAYS OF SEEING, Berger says “mystification” is ______________.
a. an artistic movement that appeared at the end of the 19th century. b. the process of explaining away what might otherwise be evident. c. most evident in Cubist and Impressionist paintings. d. a and c e. b and c |
b. the process of explaining away what might otherwise be evident. |
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In WAYS OF SEEING, Berger uses the concept of the “spectator-owner” to describe:
a. the ideal person that a painting is directed toward. b. the person who has season tickets or a viewing box at the opera. c. the enthusiastic fan at a sporting event. d. both b and c e. none of the above |
a. the ideal person that a painting is directed toward. |
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In WAYS OF SEEING, Berger says that the reproduction of art allows for:
a. a value of “ authenticity” to be assigned to unique, original works of art. b. art to be put to diverse uses, including advertising. c. the creation of a “ bogus religiosity” that now surrounds originals. d. a and c e. all of the above. |
e. all of the above. |
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In WAYS OF SEEING, Berger argues that the invention of the camera (and the reproduction of art works) was important because________.
a. it was the first medium that allowed people to represent their status by showing what they possessed. b. it allowed a painting to travel to the spectator rather than the spectator to the paintings. c. when the camera reproduces a painting, it destroys the uniqueness of its image. d. b and c e. all of the above |
d. b and c |
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In WAYS OF SEEING, Berger describes the split consciousness of a woman as:
a. the ego and the id. b. the spectator-owner and the spectator-buyer. c. the surveyor and the surveyed. d. glamour and publicity e. none of the above |
c. the surveyor and the surveyed. |
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Centripetal Effect |
People unify towards common object. EX. Concerts. People unify together based off similar music taste |
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Centrifugal Effect |
Information and things thrown out from major media outlets. EX. The Superbowl. People are unified through the media. Taking place far away, people experiencing it by tv. |
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Consumption Community |
People unify through the process of what they consume. EX. Centripetal effect. Unify through buying and similar consumption interests. |
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Homogenization |
Places and things that are different are made to resemble each other. EX. Everywhere you go there's a Starbucks. |
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Standardization |
Everything is "standard" or the same. |
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Experiential Knowledge |
Learning to do something by doing it. |
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Bifocality |
Identity based on culture. EX. German- American Polish- American |
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Assimilation |
To become someone who can perform as one of the dominant culture. EX. German moves to America, learns english, speaks and acts as American. Fits to the culture that they're in. |
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What is the contact zone? |
The place where Culture is Traveling. EX. Music from UK becomes the new popular music in the US. Originally from the UK, music traveling, culture traveling. |
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Politics of Representation: Rhetorical function |
An effort to persuade person to think something. Independent. |
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Politics of Representation: Expressive function |
Comes from another using an experience to express something. Acknowledges that we are creative. |
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Style Wars, what is the war about? |
The meaning of public space. Advertising v. graffiti strategic v. tactic system v. individual money v. creativity |
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Culture as a worldview |
A distinct way of thinking and acting associated with an ethnic group. EX. Stereotyping |
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Culture as a civilization: High Culture |
Highest manifestations of art, literature, music, architecture. Extravagance EX. Shakespeare, Picasso, |
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Culture as a civilization: Popular Culture |
Mass culture, popular for the times, current. EX. TV shows, comics, instagram pics |
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Culture as a symbol: Professional Communicators do what? |
Create a symbolic reality. Producers, editors, PRs, advertisers, reporters make the public believe one thing or another. EX. news shows terrorist bombings in Iraq, public believes Iraq is a terrible place. Communicators decide how this culture will view. |
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What object makes us lose the opportunity for experiential knowledge? |
TV |
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Muzak |
Elevator music. Made to reach the largest group of people possible. Not offending anyone. |
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Aural Pheromone |
Chemicals/ music that attracts or turns away one to another |
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Music is an |
Aural Pheromone |
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In WAYS OF SEEING by John Berger; an image is a sight which has been recreated or reproduced.
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