SOC 507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ipperwash Crisis, National Post, Postmedia News
19 Apr 2016
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Denotative meaning - meaning that is directly conveyed by the elements of an image. Connotative meaning - meaning that is supplied by the implied relationship of an image to its context, including contemporary and historical contexts. British sociologist stuart hall proposes that we define stereotype" in this way: a representation of a type of person that. Myth a pair of concepts defined as opposite to each other, with no possible middle ground or third option an image that alters the meaning of an event by erasing its history. Exoticism appropriating an image of a racial or ethnic other in order to mythologize and romanticize that. Other, in order to enhance one"s own stature by association with them. Cultural appropriation the use of a practice from a subordinated culture or subculture, by a member of the dominant culture, in such a way as to erase, misrepresent, or mythologize the origin and meaning of that practice.
