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Drama: Prime Suspect QUESTION: How does ‘Prime Suspect’ reflect the representation of gender in the 1990s? (bell hooks)

QUESTION: Discuss the representation of gender in the two crime dramas you have studied and how it reflects social context. (bell hooks)

The form of feminism bell hooks identifies in which women work within the existing power structures to maximize their freedom is called: A: Lifestyle B: Radical C: Reformist D: Second-wave - Answer- C: Reformist Where does bell hooks claim that radical feminism has been most accepted? A: Academia B: Mainstream media C: Government & Policy D: Canada - Answer- A: Academia According to Berger and Radeloff, women's and gender studies is: A: A response to oppression B: An out growth...

The form of feminism bell hooks identifies in which women work within the existing power structures to maximize their freedom is called: A: Lifestyle B: Radical C: Reformist D: Second-wave - Answer- C: Reformist Where does bell hooks claim that radical feminism has been most accepted? A: Academia B: Mainstream media C: Government & Policy D: Canada - Answer- A: Academia According to Berger and Radeloff, women's and gender studies is: A: A response to oppression B: An out growth...

What did Bell Hooks write? - Feminism is for Everybody Main arguments? - -defining feminism -patriarchy as institutionalized sexism -patriarchy perpetuates the ideas that fem is anti-male -history of feminism -sexism and patriarchy confine us Definition of Feminism - a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression Definition of sexism - prejudice, discrimination and oppression rooted in gender Definition of Institutionalization - embedding norms within an organization or soc...

Components of feminist perspective - Works with women as opposed to for women - Uses heterogeneity as an assumption, not homogeneity - Minimizes or exposes power imbalances - Rejects androcentric (male-centered) models as normative - Challenges the medicalization and pathologicising of normal physiologic processes - Seeks social and political change to address women's health issues. Socially constructed behaviors are being confused with biologically innate characteristics: 1. Prioriti...

True or false. The male/ female bipolar opposition is considered "the primary opposition within western metaphysics." :~~ True Ferdinand de Saussure used the term "signified" to refer to: :~~ The object or concept the word refers to Edward Said's concept of "Orientalism": :~~ Has to do with how people from Western culture (i.e. Europe and the US) view those from the Near East and Far East Marshall McLuhan's media theories analyze: :~~ The historic development from preliter...

What did Bell Hooks write? - Feminism is for Everybody Main arguments? - -defining feminism -patriarchy as institutionalized sexism -patriarchy perpetuates the ideas that fem is anti-male -history of feminism -sexism and patriarchy confine us Definition of Feminism - a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression Definition of sexism - prejudice, discrimination and oppression rooted in gender Definition of Institutionalization - embedding norms within an organization or soc...

Goffman makes an effort to define the terms that are the basis of his analysis. All of the following are terms that are central to his dramaturgical analysis, except: - Answer-observation deck Goffman feels that the impressions that a person makes in a social setting and the inferences the audience draws when observing a person are ultimately unimportant aspects of social interaction. - Answer-False What is the most important part of a "front" in a convincing social performance? - Answer...