Definitions
A collective event meant to ease an individual's transition from one stage of life into another
What is a "Rite of Passage"?
While we often look down on people who participate in this subculture, it is hegemonically acceptable for some groups, such as children
What is "fandom"?
Amy L. Best says that "representations of youth in prom films are totalizing images," and therefore these youth are primarily ______.
What is "white and middle class"?
What is "postmodernism"?
Illegally appropriating copyrighted material to use in another context
What is "poaching"?
As hegemonic norms change, ____ also change in order to continue to be useful as tools of enacting cultural beliefs.
What are "rituals/rites/ceremonies"?
"She Rips When She Skates," which includes interviews with female skaters in Montreal, is an example of this kind of study.
What is "new audience studies" or "anthropological audience studies"?
A blog is an example of this kind of technology
What is "New Media"?
A thought experiment involving a prison used to think about cultural notions of privacy
What is the "panopticon"?
The styles of all ______ are inevitably commodified in order to rob them of their ability to resist hegemony.
What are "(youth) subcultures"?
Fans that are "constantly advancing upon another text, appropriating new materials, making new meanings" are called this in fan studies.
What are "nomads"?
Halloween is an example of this kind of cultural practice
What is a "Rite of Season"?
The process by which producers of culture put messages into a text to be received or rejected by an audience
What is "encoding"?
The primary language on global social media being English is an example of American hegemony's power over ______
What is "cyberculture"?
In "Watch Me!" the author says that camming is unique because it gives independent artists control over these aspects of cultural production.
What are "the means of production and distribution"?
Batman was often read as gay by audiences because media featuring him was an example of this subcultural style
What is "camp"?
The belief that technology influences culture in a one-way relationship, meaning culture does not influence technology in return
What is "technological determinism"?
This form of audience reception modifies the hegemonic reading of a text to better suit the individual's interpretation
What is "negotiated decoding"?
Abbie Hoffman argues that the counterculture of thieves is resisting the "license to steal" granted to corporations under capitalism by doing "_______ in reverse."
What is "consumerism"?
Song mashups are an example of this kind of fan behavior
What is "bricolage"?