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1
The dislocation from reality in media can lead to ______________.
Corruption and Scams
Virtual worlds
Hyper-nationalism
Moral panics
2
A major feature in contemporary production of art and music is _______________.
Identity
Narrative
Slang
Imperialism
3
Jameson describes the postmodern world as a world of multiple truths, This is linked to__________.
Deconstruction
Positivism
Relativism
Structuralism
4
Jameson sees the use of technology in a post-modern society ________________.
To make virtual reality
To create simulations and simulacra
Not for production, but for reproduction
To mask reality in the world
5
The Black Hole of Empire shows _________________.
How colonized people fought back
How both colonizer and colonized consent to Coloniality
How colonizers shaped their subjects
How Coloniality shaped post-colonial society
6
Hip-Hop culture contains four major components. Which is NOT one of them?
Voguing
Breaking
Bombing
D.J.ing
7
The force behind stages of Postmodernism and Post-Modernity is _________________.
Modernity
Marxism
Late Stage Capitalism
Disenchantment
8
Walter Benjamin wrote Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction to __________________.
Prevent the damage of Modernity
Rescue art from Fascism
Challenge the influence of Capitalism
Fight against the forces of Communism
9
Post-Colonialism tries to destroy the _______________ built by colonizers.
Languages
Cities
Stereotypes
Frames
10
Edward Said’s famous book on Post-Coloniality is called, ____________________.
Imagined Communities
The Occidental Tourist
Orientalism
The West and the East
11
________________________ provided hip-hop its visual style.
Andy Warhol
DJ KOOL Herc
Jean-Michel Basquait
Jean Baudrillard
12
Who’s example did Jameson use to illustrate the break from real experience to consumed stylization?
Hip-Hop Culture
The Internet
Historical Films
Television
13
The matrix of privilege and oppression is called ______________.
Intersectionality
Modernity
Coloniality
Feminism
14
Power creates knowledge. Knowledge creates _________________.
Language
Truth
Control
Modernity
15
The post-colonial, post-modern world started _______________________.
After The Cold War
After the Vietnam War
After WWII
After WWI
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Where did hip hop come from?
The poor countryside
Rural communities of black farmers
Suburban Blight
Urban Ghettos
17
What does Jameson see breaking down in the post-modern world?
The link between Capitalism and Democracy
Divide between high sand low cultures
Western centric culture
Capitalism
18
A blending of cultures can be called ________________.
Miscegenation
Hybridity
Postmodern Artifact
Race mixing
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An attribute of post-modernity in music and film might be ________________.
mixing
M.C.ing
Re-mastering
Sampling
20
Post-Colonial Discourse does NOT include which of the following?
Commoditized Culture
Claiming language and narratives
Hybridity
Globalism
21
A Post-Modern society in Late Stage capitalism sells ____________ with products.
Immediate experiences
Simulated realities
Instant values and lifestyles
Symbols and meanings
22
Derrida believed the world was made of ___________________.
Theories
Power
Natural Laws
Language
23
What are identities NOT?
Identities are fixed
Identities are negotiated
Identities are overlapping
Identities are multiple
24
The use of slang or ‘misuse’ of language can be called _______________.
Resistance Vernacular
Discursive Resistance
Power of Discourse
Subaltern Discourse
25
The main language of contemporary culture is _________________.
White Supremacy
Hip-Hop
Structuralism
Modernity
26
Deconstruction focuses on meanings because meanings of words are _______________.
Unstable
Power
Binary
Stable and predictable
27
The colonizer must demonstrate two things about the colonized. They are _________________.
A) They are ignorant, and B) They waste their resources
A) They are uncivilized and B) They need control
A) They lack modernity and B) they lack civilization
A) They need improvement and B) They can improve.
28
The current cultural era according to anthropologists is the ____________________.
The Holocene
The Pleistocene
The Paleocene
The Anthropocene
29
What did Walter Benjamin feel was destroyed in mechanical reproduction?
The Reality
The “aura”
Artistic Value
Objective truth
30
Karl Marx called the drive to buy objects for their representational power, ________________.
Urbanization
The Superstructure
Commodity Fetishism
Class Struggle
31
What best describes the meaning of Modernity?
A belief in reality hidden by technology
A belief in basic truth, order and grand narratives
A belief in White Supremacy and Science
A belief in technological supremacy
32
In discussing post-modernity, Frederic Jameson identified ______________ as the ‘wink’ of knowing.
Reflection
Simulacra
Pastiche
Icons
33
You-Tubers and Influencers show us ________________________.
A post-modern society is always looking for commodities.
A post-modern society looking for escape.
A post-modern society consumes itself.
A post-modern society manufactures personalities.
34
Post-Colonial Theory grew from _______________.
Modernity
Intersectional Theory
Marxism
Feminism
35
How do ‘Bling’ and ‘Bombing’ cultures fit into post-colonial theory?
Reclaiming the lands and goods extracted from colonialism.
People claiming territory and wealth
The subaltern claiming the poser of discourse.
People made invisible becoming visible to whiteness.
36
Hip-hop is a discourse of ______________________.
The West
Capitalist Classes
The subaltern
Elites
37
The process of moving away from natural spaces as ‘reality’ can be called ________________.
Urbanization
Commoditization
Hyper-Reality
Westernization
38
Jacques Derrida pioneered the theory of ___________________.
Structuralism
Post-Colonialism
Intersectionality
Deconstruction
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What does the power of discourse in hip hop do?
Elevates the subaltern to become modern
Challenges manufactured truths
Challenges frameworks of white supremacy
Deconstructs colonized discourse
40
Late Stage Capitalism is an economy that manufactures _________________.
High technological products
Simulations
Brands
Experiences
41
Why does a product’s logo represent Simulacra?
It is a symbol that tells the brand history
It is a symbol independent of meaning
It’s meanings and history are erased from the image.
It is an image without reality
42
Which is NOT a post-colonial attribute found in Hip-hop culture?
Challenging White Supremacy
Misogyny
Globalized Impact
Authentic Identities
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Jean Baudrillard defines simulacra as _______________________.
Technology creating a layer of artificial reality in society.
A world of intensity of images and emotion.
New meanings to symbols to replace reality.
The break from Modernity to Post-Modernity.