MDSA02H3 Chapter Notes -Stereotype
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American dream the unquestioned assumption that hard work leads to success, and that success is measured in terms of economic wealth. Assimilation the process of white washing ethnic diversity by de- historicizing cultural difference. Conspicuous consumption the belief that one can obtain the kind of happiness of completeness often conceived as upper class through the purchase of material goods and services. Cultural studies an interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture that seeks to understand how the relations of power are enacted, reified, and challenged. Culture the collection of the artifacts, practices or beeliefs of a particular group of people at a particular moment in history, supported by symbolic systems and directed by ideology. Difference the depiction of others who are subordinate to, but a source of pleasure for, us american tourists and consumers. Doxa cultural knowledge that is accepted as common sense; the realm of taken-for-granted. Exclusion the symbolic annihilation of various cultural groups through erasure or under representation.
