Representation and Essentialism Flashcards
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Essentialism
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The act of creating generalizations or stereotypes about the behavior or culture of a group of people (Robbins et al, 2017)
Making a single perspective represent a diverse group
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Representation
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Essentialism in popular culture (books, movies, TV, etc) as well as in academic work creates stereotypes
Studying “down” has more potential for poor representation leading to essentialism
Representation needs to come from multiple perspectives
Representation must include voices from different power dynamics
Representation should avoid surface-level analysis that leads to stereotypes
