Question 1

How is The Brady Bunch an example of the white aesthetic in television?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary and should include the

Question 2

What is Victoria's Secret's "Sexy Little Geisha" merchandise an example of?

Accepted Answer

A) the white aesthetic 
B) the antiracist aesthetic 
C) the racist aesthetic 
D) highbrow culture 
A) the white aesthetic 
B) the antiracist aesthetic 
C) the racist aesthetic 
D) highbrow culture

Question 3

Norman Rockwell's paintings and country music songs that reminisce over the "good old days" are examples of what concept?

Accepted Answer

A) the racist aesthetic 
B) the nonracist aesthetic 
C) cultural appropriation 
D) racial nostalgia 
A) the racist aesthetic 
B) the nonracist aesthetic 
C) cultural appropriation 
D) racial nostalgia

Question 4

How might concerns about cultural authenticity of certain art forms ultimately stifle the evolution of that type of art?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary and should include the

Question 5

Portraying people of color in a stereotypical and distorted manner is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

A) the antiracist aesthetic 
B) the white aesthetic 
C) colonization 
D) the racist aesthetic 
A) the antiracist aesthetic 
B) the white aesthetic 
C) colonization 
D) the racist aesthetic

Question 6

Audience conduct that is "orderly,regulated,learned,prosperous,and civilized" is characteristic of:

Accepted Answer

A) highbrow culture 
B) cultural capital 
C) lowbrow culture 
D) cultural appropriation 
A) highbrow culture 
B) cultural capital 
C) lowbrow culture 
D) cultural appropriation

Question 7

The symphony,as a cultural organization,is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

A) the merging of different aesthetic styles 
B) legitimating the artistic preferences of some racial groups over others 
C) the institutionalization of art forms designed to appeal to all social groups 
D) the institutionalization of artistic divisions between highbrow and lowbrow culture 
A) the merging of different aesthetic styles 
B) legitimating the artistic preferences of some racial groups over others 
C) the institutionalization of art forms designed to appeal to all social groups 
D) the institutionalization of artistic divisions between highbrow and lowbrow culture

Question 8

An un-stereotype is:

Accepted Answer

A) a stereotype applied by nonwhites to whites,as opposed to a stereotype applied by whites to nonwhites 
B) a representation of nonwhites that portrays them as fully themselves 
C) a representation of nonwhites as the exact opposite of any negative stereotype 
D) a highbrow,as opposed to a lowbrow,artistic product 
A) a stereotype applied by nonwhites to whites,as opposed to a stereotype applied by whites to nonwhites 
B) a representation of nonwhites that portrays them as fully themselves 
C) a representation of nonwhites as the exact opposite of any negative stereotype 
D) a highbrow,as opposed to a lowbrow,artistic product

Question 9

What is the sociological term that refers to the sum of one's knowledge about established and valued cultural activities and practices?

Accepted Answer

A) human capital 
B) cultural appropriation 
C) political capital 
D) cultural capital 
A) human capital 
B) cultural appropriation 
C) political capital 
D) cultural capital

Question 10

Which of the following does Chapter 8 discuss as a present-day form of minstrelsy?

Accepted Answer

A) whites' collective memory of the South in country music 
B) Asians' frequent choice of ethnic plastic surgery 
C) auto-tuned YouTube videos of poor African Americans speaking to news crews 
D) corporate executives' marketing of preppy looks in everyday fashion 
A) whites' collective memory of the South in country music 
B) Asians' frequent choice of ethnic plastic surgery 
C) auto-tuned YouTube videos of poor African Americans speaking to news crews 
D) corporate executives' marketing of preppy looks in everyday fashion

How is The Brady Bunch an example of the white aesthetic in television?

What is Victoria's Secret's "Sexy Little Geisha" merchandise an example of?

Norman Rockwell's paintings and country music songs that reminisce over the "good old days" are examples of what concept?

How might concerns about cultural authenticity of certain art forms ultimately stifle the evolution of that type of art?

Portraying people of color in a stereotypical and distorted manner is an example of what?

Audience conduct that is "orderly,regulated,learned,prosperous,and civilized" is characteristic of:

The symphony,as a cultural organization,is an example of what?

An un-stereotype is:

What is the sociological term that refers to the sum of one's knowledge about established and valued cultural activities and practices?

Which of the following does Chapter 8 discuss as a present-day form of minstrelsy?

Race in the Twenty-First Century

The Invention of Race

Politics

Economics

Housing

Crime and Punishment

Education

Associations

Intimate Life

Toward Racial Democracy

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Exam 8: Aesthetics

How is The Brady Bunch an example of the white aesthetic in television?

What is Victoria's Secret's "Sexy Little Geisha" merchandise an example of?

Norman Rockwell's paintings and country music songs that reminisce over the "good old days" are examples of what concept?

How might concerns about cultural authenticity of certain art forms ultimately stifle the evolution of that type of art?

Portraying people of color in a stereotypical and distorted manner is an example of what?

Audience conduct that is "orderly,regulated,learned,prosperous,and civilized" is characteristic of:

The symphony,as a cultural organization,is an example of what?

An un-stereotype is:

What is the sociological term that refers to the sum of one's knowledge about established and valued cultural activities and practices?

Which of the following does Chapter 8 discuss as a present-day form of minstrelsy?

Race in the Twenty-First Century

The Invention of Race

Politics

Economics

Housing

Crime and Punishment

Education

Associations

Intimate Life

Toward Racial Democracy

Filters