Schools
Why Watch Movies?
Social Class
Heroes & Villians
Miscellaneous
100
This genre often takes place in a school but is not concerned with academics
What is suburban
100
By doing this, we can learn about American society and culture, especially dominant values, beliefs, and ideologies
What is critical media analysis
100
A persons material interests and status indicate this
What is social class
100
These characteristics are out of a persons control
What are ascribed characteristics
100
A system of beliefs and values
What is ideology
200
This social class is almost always portrayed in the suburban school genre
What is middle class or upper middle class
200
This ideology or dominant narrative is reinforced in the films we have watched.
What is individualism
200
This social class has a majority of the resources and money in the United States
What is the Upper Class or Elite
200
These characteristics are usually how we assign merrit
What are achieved characteristics
200
A system of advantage based on effort and ability
What is meritocracy
300
This type of individualism in typically expressed in the suburban school genre
What is expressive individualism
300
In Hollywood films the experiences of this social class is considered to be 'normal'
Who are the middle-class
300
Bulman argues that Hollywood's choice to portray a meritorious student hero in the elite high school subgenre reflects this kind of fantasy
What is a middle-class fantasy
300
These are some of the qualities of the heroes in the elite school genre
What is merit, integrity, and well-roundness
300
The idea that the individual has autonomy and independence from social groups and institutions
What is individualism
400
Who are the villains of the suburban school genre
Who are the teachers/administration
400
The term used to describe any action by which an individual or group becomes mentally classified in somebody’s mind as “not one of us”
What is othering
400
These traits are not directly related to social class?
What are race, language, gender, sexual preference etc.
400
This ideal or ideology, that hard work and effort leads to success, is supported by the elite high school genre
What is meritocracy
400
Describe what is needed for a movie to pass the Bechdel test
At least two female characters Who talk to each other About something other than a man
500
Who are typically the heroes of the elite school genre
Who are the poor, working and middle-class students do battle with the pompous powerful elite
500
The term for common stories we hear over and over again
What is dominant narrative
500
This term describes the process of moving into another social class
What is social mobility
500
This type of individualism is typically celebrated as the way to escape from poverty
What is utilitarian individualism
500
This type of sociology asks "How does society influence education? How does education influence society?
What is sociology of education
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