Ch 8 Flashcards
Cultural appropriation
When members of one ethnic or racial group adopt a cultural product of another
Racist appropriation
Denies non-whites the ability to profit frin and control their creations
Minstrelsy
Ways that whites misrepresented and dehumanized Blacks. They dressed up with black faces and portray Blacks as stupid lazy and childish. Between 1830 and 1910
Narrow casting
TV shows and radio stations targeting a specific racial group. Meant to portray the experience of balck families or Latino American people
Highbrow culture
Art that is considered cultural capital. Ballet opera typically available to wealthy whites
Lowbrow culture
Considered popular culture no cultural capital associated. Typically poor and middle class folks. Accessible to majority of people