key terms section a

Question 1

Instigator

Answer 1

a person who brings about or initiates something.

Question 2

Subjugation

Answer 2

the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control.

Question 3

Rebellion

Answer 3

an act of armed resistance to an established government or leader.

Question 4

Oppression

Answer 4

prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority.

Question 5

Resistance

Answer 5

the refusal to accept or comply with something.

Question 6

Agency

Answer 6

action or intervention producing a particular effect.

Question 7

Domination

Answer 7

the exercise of power or influence over someone or something, or the state of being so controlled.

Question 8

anti-pastoral:

Answer 8

a riposte to the above eschewing these conventions and refusing to romanticise rural life

Question 9

pastoral

Answer 9

class of literature that presents the society of shepherds as free from the complexity and corruption of city life. ... Many of the idylls written in its name are
far remote from the realities of any life, rustic or urban

Question 10

means of production:

Answer 10

(especially in a political context) the facilities and resources for producing goods

Question 11

alienation

Answer 11

a lack of self-worth, the absence of meaning in one’s life (according to the Marxist definition)

Question 12

reification:

Answer 12

Objects (things) turned into subjects (people) and subjects (people) into objects (things). As a result, subjects (people) are rendered passive.

Question 13

commodified

Answer 13

The subordination of both private and public realms to the logic of capitalism. In this logic, such things as friendship, knowledge, women, etc. are understood only in terms of their monetary value. In this way, they are no longer treated as things with intrinsic worth but as commodities

Question 14

Hegemony

Answer 14

leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.

Question 15

Couverture

Answer 15

a legal doctrine whereby, upon marriage, a woman’s legal rights and
obligations were subsumed by those of her husband, in accordance with the wife’s legal
status of feme covert.

Question 16

satire

Answer 16

the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Question 17

draconian

Answer 17

(of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe.