Replaces feminist movement with the focus on the individual, depoliticizes feminism.
100
Why is a nation "imagined"?
Not everyone knows each other, but imagines that they have something in common with each other.
100
Where does Paris is Burning take place?
Harlem, NYC
100
Where is the plane in LOST coming from?
Australia
200
What is Orientalism?
The construction of the East and its inhabitants by the West through literature, film, television. Marks them as irrational, despotic, misogynist.
200
What is nationalism?
The idea that people of a nation share a common identity.
200
What is revealed about Kate through her backstory in LOST?
She's wanted for murder.
200
What emerges as Nancy's main competition in Weeds?
Pot dispensaries
300
What is a star text?
The combination of everything that is publicly available about stars.
300
What is nomadism?
The idea that fans are not constrained by one particular program, star, genre, series, etc., but may take pleasure in making intertextual connections across a broad range of texts
300
Who is Piper's roommate at the end of "Lesbian Request Denied"?
Miss Claudette
300
What is revealed about Brodie in his garage?
That he has converted to Islam.
400
What is intertextuality?
The reference to or application of a literary, media, or social “text” within another literary, media, or social “text.”
400
What is gender performativity?
The notion that gender is not an inherent and biological, but is socially constructed and "performed."
400
Who is Rebecca's idol in The Bling Ring?
Lindsey Lohan
400
What does Piper make Larry promise he won't watch while she's in prison?
Mad Men
500
What is dual-systems feminism?
Sees women's oppression as rooted in both patriarchy and capitalism.
500
Name the four aspects of a star, according to Dyer.