Further Cultural Studies Approaches

Question 1

What is Race Bending?

Answer 1

Ways fans of colour use various forms of racebending to advocate for alternative representations at a time when America is once again working through conflicts concerning racial and ethnic diversity

Question 2

McClintock soft-soap empire

Answer 2

“The commodity has taken its privileged place not only as the fundamental form of a new industrial economy but also as the fundamental form of a new cultural system for representing social value”

Question 3

Pear’s Soap

Answer 3

Heavy symbolism of the civilization of the British empire and imperial mission to colonize and bring civilization using racist images and ideologies