Final exam Flashcards
Oedipus Complex
A desire for sexual involvement with the parent of the opposite sex; leads to a choice of sexual partner who resembles one’s parent
Thanatos
Death drive
Freud’s Major Theory
Id (inner child), Ego (devil), Superego (angel) make up our personality and mind
Lacan’s Major Theory
The real, the imaginary, mirror stage
First wave of feminism
Right to vote
Second wave of feminism
Right to work, right to not get married, and right to an abortion
Third wave of feminism
“Can do” feminism; DIY
Marxist/Socialist Feminism argues that to end oppression of women, we must end…
Capitalism (class oppression
Liberal Feminism insists on equality in the…
Public sphere (education, pay, ending job segregation based on sex, better working conditions)
Major Feminist Approaches to Literature include
What role does the work play for women’s literary history/literary tradition
Queer Theory utilizes _______________ theory covered in class
Post structuralism
LGBT studies is mostly closely aligned with what concept previously covered (think about postmodern belief)
Metanarrative
In the video with Judith Butler what does a passerby ask out of the car window?
Are you a lesbian?
What is the main concept in Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble?
Gender is taught/performed
Postcolonialism is the study of
Oppressed people yall
The three stages of post colonialism includes
- Awareness
- Political autonomy
- Hybridity
Diaspora
Forced migration; a culture that is dispersed
Hybridity
Cross-cultural exchange
Mimicry
Act of passive resistance, not losing yourself in it
Unhomeliness
Not at home
Eco criticism is the response to
The urgent issues of today; ethics
Eco criticism is how nature is
Represented in literature
What is the definition of the uncanny?
The familiar becoming unfamiliar & is scary
The sandman…
Stabbing out eyes of naughty children
How is the film Coraline a re-telling of the uncanny?
When she falls asleep she finds a world of people with their eyes poked out and they are filled with sand; the family is like hers
When Coraline opens the door, what does she find?
The tunnel, she is “reborn” in the new world
What does Coraline discover after several days of going through the door?
They their eyes are filled with sand and they want to do the same to her
Can-do girls delay _________
Motherhood
What does Harris say is at work in dividing girls between “can-do” and “at-risk”? The division is to monitor behavior in society
Economic inequality/social inequality; poor girls are at risk and middle/upper class are can do
Girlpower has become a
Market
How do Richards and Baumgardner define activism?
Their activism is doing the little things; everyday feminism
What are goals of the 3rd wave feminism? (The 3rd wave of feminism was a response to the perceived backlash of the second wave
Bringing down the double standard; reproductive rights; access to healthcare
The main argument in this video is that (killing me softly)
The media specifically advertisements sexualize women since 1975
What type of evidence is provided?
Advertisements throughout magazines, websites, billboards; diverse advertisements
What types of evidence are provided here? (virtuous cuts)
Personal accounts from women who have had it done
Patriarchy does not fully explain ________
Why this practice persists
What are the reasons women give for maintaining the practice of female circumcision?
Cleanliness, beauty, culture
Smith’s (toward a black feminist criticism) main argument is that tough feminism as a scholarly enterprise is more and more possible _______ ________ are being excluded
Black women
What types of readings are excluded in black feminist criticism and why?
Queer readings
(What is this thing called queer?)
Smith defines Queer as an __________ approach and LGBT an ____________ approach
Confrontational or action (Queer)
Assimilation (LGBT)
(capitalism and Gay Identity)
Some of the myths D’Emilio covers include
Homosexual identity is not ahistorical; homosexual identity emerged in the 19th century; identity and practices are not the same thing
Gay identity (not gay practice) emerged alongside what historical moment?
Capitalism (WWII)
Survival of LGBT individuals depends on social __________ that will _______ ________ __________
Services
Provide personal autonomy
(Trumpet)
A narratological approach to this novel might include attention to
How each chapter has a unique narrator
How does Millie describe her pictures in the newspaper?
She doesn’t look like herself
A psychoanalytic reading of Colman might include
Stages of grief
Reading Millie and Joss as a lesbian couple excludes what analysis?
Their own definitions of themselves
The man who fills out the death certificate fills out the certificate with what name and what sex?
Joss Moody, female
What might be at stake in the 1st person and 3rd person chapters
1st person: you tell your story
3rd person: someone tells your story
What does Sophie not recognize about herself in developing Joss’s narrative?
She uses clothes to present the person she wants the world to see
Ghost country and ghost story - what do you make of the “ghosts” in the novel?
Narratives and countries are linked; these stories aren’t being told
What might a Marxist analysis of Joss’ death include?
His death is a means for profit (Sophie and the record company are profiting from it)
(“Shooting an Elephant”) The narrator experiences guilt that he equates with
Suffering of the oppressed
The elephant’s foot does what to a mans body
Rips his skin off
When the elephant dies, what changes about the elephant? This could be a metaphor for what?
The lines on his body change; metaphor for the British empire shrinking
(“On Seeing England for the First Time”)
What phase of post colonialism is this?
Hybridity
(“On Seeing England for the First Time”)
What are some of the acts of conquering?
Products, breakfast, dress, ribbon, school
When Kincaid sees England for the first time, what does she see?
That it is ugly (people, weather)
(Harper High)
Everything we know about gangs
Is wrong/throw out the window
If you want to know who belongs to what gang
Get out a map
The one Neutron we hear about does what to remain neutral
Stays inside at all costs; starts a Bible study
Devonte’s mother tells him to
Kill himself
The homecoming dance is
Not cancelled; safe
Thomas is indicative of what statistic in Chicago?
Eyewitness - 82% of all murder is public
What is wrong with Crystal towards the end of the episode?
Stress; lost her ability to cope or be positive
The text/interpretations of the text are not about what the author intended, but rather:
What the author did not intend; looking for the author’s unconscious/subconscious mind or thinking
Why does the unnamed kid take two cookies?
He is hungry; he didn’t have a home to eat breakfast at
Restorative justice
Repair harm and not punish
Why did the teachers respond differently than students?
The teachers did not live in the community (white) the students did live there (black)
Thoreau and to the woods
Love deliberately
An ecological reading of “White Heron” might include
Narrators experience with animals, why she is upset
