CJ 211 Study Guide - Final Guide: Clifford Geertz, Savak, Cultural Imperialism
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Term identification: 21 points: basic definition, importance, example. Essay: quadrophenia or paris is burning. Important concepts and themes: self/other binary, development of self, performance, passing, true self, role of language in shaping self, culture, subject/object binary, self-consciousness, objectivity, cartesian method, rationality, defining subculture, meaning and appropriation of style, defining culture and identity. Philosophical and critical articles (know main thesis of each article, its relation to other articles, and key terms. Apply articles to texts using specific examples: clifford geertz: Globalization, cultural contamination, consumerism, homogenization, cosmopolitanism, global culture: descartes. Cartesian method, rathionalism, cogito ergo sum, mind/body dualism, subject/object binary, thinking beings: mead. Generalized other, reflexivity (ability to reflect on yourself, self-consciousness), two stages of self-development, self- consciousness, language, communication: hebdige. Ideology, subculture, style, hegemony, dominant culture, appropriation of meaning, double meaning of objects. Primary texts (know names of all main characters, themes/issues in class discussion: stranger with a camera. People think outsiders should have known their culture.
