Key Contributors
Who wrote this?
Limitations & key concepts
Texts Analysis & Random
Ethnic Studies
100

What is Richard Hoggard the key founder of?

Birmingham Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS)?

100

The Uses of Literacy

Richard Hoggart

100

What does power refer to?

It is the idea that all things are socially constructed and that power is a central concept in social life. Power can be understood as relations between people with different roles and statuses within society

100

what are two main cultural elements found in Young Goodman Brown

religious and gothic

100

What was a significant period of time for the development of African-American culture?

The Harlem Renaissance (1918-1937)

200

state two words that Raymond Williams suggested to add to the dictionary

bourgeois

culture

isms

status

ecology

liberation. 

200

Culture and Society

Raymond Williams

200

why is it a necessity to read classics?

it teaches people how "politically correct" cultural concepts have changed over the years

200

What does UNESCO stand for, and who was an assistant-director general between 1971 and 1975?

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Richard Hoggart

200

Why is Traditional Native literature not easily translated to English?

Its contextual frames, as well as the sacred function of traditional literature do not translate well.
300

Who was an Assistant Director-General of UNESCO between 1971 and 1975?

Richard Hoggart

300

The Long Revolution

Raymond Williams

300

State three limitations to cultural studies

Lack of knowledge (poor research)

Culture wars

Temptations to dismiss popular cultures

Diversity of approach


300

What was the Raymond Williams Society founded for?

to support and develop intellectual and political projects in various areas

300

What is one of the primary tropes of Latina/o literature?

The concept of borders between cultures, languages and nations.

400

In 1960, who did Stuart Hall join to merge with the new reasoner, and launch the new left review?

E. P. Thompson and Raymond Williams

400

The Making of the English Working Class

E. P. Thompson

400

What does materialism refer to?

It promotes the idea that infrastructure, consisting of “material realities” such as technological, economic and reproductive (demographic) factors mold and influence the other two aspects of culture.

400

State four gothic elements found in Young Goodman Brown and explain them briefly (how are they related to the story)

Supernatural activity → teleporting of Brown in the middle of the woods (a dark forest)

Night → unknown atmosphere → is this reality or a bad dream?

Insanity → he was having a crisis of faith    

Romance & Lovers-farewell →  at the beginning, Faith, Brown’s wife, warns him not to go to the forest at night but instead to stay with her. However, he still decides to go, despite her warning. 

Anti-Hero → an unknown guide of Brown who leads him in the forest (Who was this man? Why was he there? etc)

Damsel in Distress → Brown was in distress while in the forest

400

When did Asian-American culture begin, and what types of texts made up the literature at the time?

At the beginning of the twentieth century, and consisted of mainly autobiographical stories, such as "paper son" and "confessions" stories.

500

What was E. P. Thompson's most influencial work

The Making of the English Working Class

500

Past and Present

E. P. Thompson (along with Christopher Hill, Eric Hobsbawm and Rodney Hilton)

500

what is the problem with culture wars

It had been subject to the criticism of being artificial, imposed, or asymmetric conflicts, rather than a result of authentic differences between cultures.

500

What did Raymond Williams tutor adult aducation at oxford university for?

Delegacy of Extra-Mural Studies

500

How does Native American literature differ from Anglo-American literature?

Native American literature is one that is practical and used in everyday life, while Anglo-American literature is usually separated from daily life as a form of leisure.