Exam 8: Aesthetics

As a style of music,the blues evolved from spirituals in response to what?

Chapter 8 mentions the work of Native American James Luna,specifically The Artifact Piece.In this work,he himself is the installation,lying on a bed of sand in a museum case with labels explaining his scars,including those received from "excessive drinking." How is this work an example of the antiracist aesthetic?

Black Entertainment Television BET)is an example of what concept?

Appropriating another group's culture but refusing to use the art to further racial domination is an example of what?

Achieving commercial success at the expense of a political message or an artist's authenticity is often referred to as what?

Elvis Presley's reputation as the "king of rock-and-roll" could be considered a result of:

An art museum recently decreased the price of admission,instituted admission-free Sundays,and offered free art education classes at a nearby low-income public school.These efforts can help the museum to:

Your textbook mentions films like Mississippi Burning,To Kill a Mockingbird,Black Hawk Down,and The Matrix.What common movie theme do these films present?

Identify two reasons that some prominent African Americans have called for a boycott of rap music.

What is the way for nonwhite artists to free themselves from the dominance of the white gaze?

The turning away of hip-hop from its political roots can be traced back to what?

What is an example of cultural appropriation?

In Chapter 8,the textbook authors discuss how the dominant art world often serves to "exoticize" people of color.Using the concepts of cultural appropriation and the white gaze,explain what the authors mean by this and why it might be negative for people and artists of color.

Treating whiteness as the universal default category is an example of what?

In an hour-long TV drama about the "typical American high school," you observe that only one person of color appears on the screen.Noticing this and how it fails to treat the experiences of people of color as central to the American experience is to do what?

What is one reason that the antiracist aesthetic is not featured as prominently in venues such as art museums?

What form of art does Chapter 8 highlight as a "hotbed of the antiracist aesthetic"?

An increase in double-eyelid surgeries by Asian Americans is an example of an outcome from the internalization of what?

Representations of Egyptian queen Cleopatra as a white woman by neoclassical American and European sculptors are an example of what?

Which of the following is an example of antiracist appropriation?