Set of flashcards British Culture Studies

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When did the United Kingdom join the European Economic Community?

a. 1956

b. 1992

c. 1973

a. 1956

b. 1992

c. 1973

In general elections, the UK parliament is elected according to which voting system(s)?

a. alternative vote

b. proportional representation

c. first past the post

a. alternative vote

b. proportional representation

c. first past the post

The Conservative governments under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990) are associated with…

a. neo-liberal politics

b. pro-European politics

c. her support for the coal-mining communities

a. neo-liberal politics

b. pro-European politics

c. her support for the coal-mining communities

According to Stuart Hall, the discursive approach to representation..

a. Puts emphasis on the historical specificity of a particular form or “regime” of representation

b. Is identical with what we might call the semiotic approach

c. Tends to investigate how forms of knowledge are naturalized as truth

a. Puts emphasis on the historical specificity of a particular form or “regime” of representation

b. Is identical with what we might call the semiotic approach

c. Tends to investigate how forms of knowledge are naturalized as truth

Cultural Studies, as practiced in English Studies and other philologies, is primarily understood as…

a. A discipline concerned with mathematical formula

b. A text-based discipline

c. An empirically working discipline

a. A discipline concerned with mathematical formula

b. A text-based discipline

c. An empirically working discipline

Which of the following elements is/are part of the “circuit of culture” as devised by Paul du Gay et al.?

a. Representation

b. Regulation

c. Reference

a. Representation

b. Regulation

c. Reference

The signified, according to Ferdinand de Saussure, …

a. Constitutes the meaning of a sign

b. Refers to the material “side” of the sign

c. Is the sound pattern

a. Constitutes the meaning of a sign

b. Refers to the material “side” of the sign

c. Is the sound pattern

In the “Minute of Education” (1835), Thomas B. Macauley argued that the learned native languages of India at the time (Persian, Sanskrit, Arabic)…

a. Were intrinsically superior to nearly everything written in the English language due to their old age and there having been shaped by many cultural traditions.

b. Were constituted of signifying so simple and basic that it was impossible for them to represent and give expression to any complex thought; for this; English was required

c. Were only superior to Western language in the “department of literature”, and here especially “Poetry”

a. Were intrinsically superior to nearly everything written in the English language due to their old age and there having been shaped by many cultural traditions.

b. Were constituted of signifying so simple and basic that it was impossible for them to represent and give expression to any complex thought; for this; English was required

c. Were only superior to Western language in the “department of literature”, and here especially “Poetry”

Discourse as a concept that refers to the independence of power and knowledge was influentially theorized by…

a. Louis Althusser

b. Raymond Williams

c. Michel Foucalt

a. Louis Althusser

b. Raymond Williams

c. Michel Foucalt

Which shortcoming(s) is/are evident in the definition of popular culture as “authentic” culture of “the people” (John Storey’s fourth definition)?

a. The definition of the term “people” is complex in itself, e.g., it may give rise to discriminatory mechanism of exclusion

b. It tends to romanticize working-class culture

c. It ignores that it is hardly possible in today’s societies to circumvent the influence of commercial consumer culture

a. The definition of the term “people” is complex in itself, e.g., it may give rise to discriminatory mechanism of exclusion

b. It tends to romanticize working-class culture

c. It ignores that it is hardly possible in today’s societies to circumvent the influence of commercial consumer culture

Those who follow the “mass culture” approach (John Storey’s third definition of popular culture) claim that such culture…

a. Produces active, democratically minded citizens

b. Aims at containing consumers in a collective dream world

c. Is formulaic

a. Produces active, democratically minded citizens

b. Aims at containing consumers in a collective dream world

c. Is formulaic

What, according to Raymond Williams, happened to the meaning of the word “culture” between the early 16th and the late 18th centuries? People became more and more used to understanding culture as referring to…

a. A whole way of life

b. The growth of an individual’s mind and, later, the development of humankind as such.

c. New developments in agricultural and industrial production

a. A whole way of life

b. The growth of an individual’s mind and, later, the development of humankind as such.

c. New developments in agricultural and industrial production

With which of the three broad categories of definition of culture current in the 20th century are both Raymond Williams himself and the discipline of Cultural Studies associated most? Culture as…

a. A general process of intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development

b. A particular way of life, whether of a people, a period, a group or humanity in general

c. The works and practices of intellectual and especially artistic activity

a. A general process of intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development

b. A particular way of life, whether of a people, a period, a group or humanity in general

c. The works and practices of intellectual and especially artistic activity

According to Raymond Williams, the shift to a “modern” conception of culture happened at about 1800. This shift involved…

a. The usage of “culture” as an independent noun, an abstract process or the product of such a process

b. A secular and historically conscious conception of cultural processes

c. A move towards recognizing the existence of a variety of cultures, of cultures, of “cultures in the plural”

a. The usage of “culture” as an independent noun, an abstract process or the product of such a process

b. A secular and historically conscious conception of cultural processes

c. A move towards recognizing the existence of a variety of cultures, of cultures, of “cultures in the plural”

According to Raymond Williams, when “culture” entered the English language in the early 15th century, the primary meaning was then…

a. In colonization, the setting of other territories

b. In husbandry, the tending of natural growth

c. In artistic activity, like painting and sculpting

a. In colonization, the setting of other territories

b. In husbandry, the tending of natural growth

c. In artistic activity, like painting and sculpting

According to Michel de Certeau, the term “space” refers to…

a. The gaps between linguistic signs

b. Those ordered structures provided by the dominant order through which its power to organize and control is exerted

c. The ways in which people give meaning to places and hence actively construct them by their concrete practices of living

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a. The gaps between linguistic signs

b. Those ordered structures provided by the dominant order through which its power to organize and control is exerted

c. The ways in which people give meaning to places and hence actively construct them by their concrete practices of living

Today the following groups is/are part of the House of Lords:

a. Law Lords

b. Time Lords

c. Lords’ spiritual

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a. Law Lords

b. Time Lords

c. Lords’ spiritual

Formally, the Queen is head of…

a. The executive, judiciary and legislature

b. The Church of England

c. The armed forces

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a. The executive, judiciary and legislature

b. The Church of England

c. The armed forces

The UK Parliament consists of...

a. The House of Commons

b. The monarch

c. The House of Lords

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a. The House of Commons

b. The monarch

c. The House of Lords

Traditionally the UK has had two-party-system. Which of the following is one of /are the two dominant political parties?

a. Labour Party

b. Conservative Party

c. Liberal Democrats

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a. Labour Party

b. Conservative Party

c. Liberal Democrats

Theodore Galle’s engraving (c.1600) of Amerigo Vespucci landing in America was discussed in the lecture to illustrate that…

a. Western thinking has long been structured according to a hierarchical binary logic

b. Colonized peoples were commonly gendered as female by the colonizers

c. Already the early European colonizers were self-critical about their endeavor and recognized the colonized people’s cultural achievements

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a. Western thinking has long been structured according to a hierarchical binary logic

b. Colonized peoples were commonly gendered as female by the colonizers

c. Already the early European colonizers were self-critical about their endeavor and recognized the colonized people’s cultural achievements

Intersectionality is…

a. An analytic tool used to examine how power relations and different axes of social division are intertwined and mutually constructing

b. A theoretical tool that singles out a specific discourse – class or gender or race etc. – and analyses its inner working and structure

c. A semiotic tool that allows us to establish how signs are organized into codes

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a. An analytic tool used to examine how power relations and different axes of social division are intertwined and mutually constructing

b. A theoretical tool that singles out a specific discourse – class or gender or race etc. – and analyses its inner working and structure

c. A semiotic tool that allows us to establish how signs are organized into codes

The concept of race, in its modern form,…

a. Was in fact already established in classical antiquity, which can be proven by examining classical Greek and Roman justifications of slavery

b. Gained its decisive shape in the Middle Ages, when Christian theologians explained human differences by way of the Bible, especially the creation story in the Book of Genesis

c. Developed a particularly from the late 18th century, not least as a consequence of the Enlightenment endeavor to find a “rational” order in the world; an order based in Nature

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a. Was in fact already established in classical antiquity, which can be proven by examining classical Greek and Roman justifications of slavery

b. Gained its decisive shape in the Middle Ages, when Christian theologians explained human differences by way of the Bible, especially the creation story in the Book of Genesis

c. Developed a particularly from the late 18th century, not least as a consequence of the Enlightenment endeavor to find a “rational” order in the world; an order based in Nature

Cultural studies…

a. Holds that “race” refers to a form of identity that -although it only exists in, not outside of, representation – has very real consequences for people who suffer from racialized identity ascriptions

b. Treats “race” as a discursive-performative construction

c. Understands “race” as a universal and essential category of biology

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a. Holds that “race” refers to a form of identity that -although it only exists in, not outside of, representation – has very real consequences for people who suffer from racialized identity ascriptions

b. Treats “race” as a discursive-performative construction

c. Understands “race” as a universal and essential category of biology

For Judy Giles and Tim Middleton, the term “identity” predominantly refers to…

a. The interface between the private self and those factors that shape the social context

b. A private sense of self

c. A self-shaped by the social context

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a. The interface between the private self and those factors that shape the social context

b. A private sense of self

c. A self-shaped by the social context

Humanism, as developed especially from the 18th century, is based on the idea that…

a. All humans are equal

b. Humans do not have a free will, but are determined by their circumstances

c. Each human being is born with certain inalienable rights

a. All humans are equal

b. Humans do not have a free will, but are determined by their circumstances

c. Each human being is born with certain inalienable rights

An anti-humanist understanding of subjectivity holds that…

a. The manners in which we conceive of our selfhood are themselves determined in multiple ways by discursive formations

b. Humans are free to act in the world

c. Humans are subject to forces beyond their conscious control

a. The manners in which we conceive of our selfhood are themselves determined in multiple ways by discursive formations

b. Humans are free to act in the world

c. Humans are subject to forces beyond their conscious control

According to Louis Althusser, subject interpellation is successful when the addressed subject…

a. Reacts by critically reflecting on the way they were hailed

b. Responds by saying/thinking, often unconsciously: “Yes, that’s obvious! That’s right! That’s true!”

c. Effectively evades the ascription by focusing on an alternative identity marker

a. Reacts by critically reflecting on the way they were hailed

b. Responds by saying/thinking, often unconsciously: “Yes, that’s obvious! That’s right! That’s true!”

c. Effectively evades the ascription by focusing on an alternative identity marker

The claim that one’s gender role is fixed and determined by one’s (biological) sex is…

a. Non-essentialist

b. Essentialist

c. Objective

a. Non-essentialist

b. Essentialist

c. Objective

An essentialist approach to identity implies the idea that identity…

a. Is constituted by subject interpellation

b. Is not subject to history

c. Can be traced to an “originating moment”

a. Is constituted by subject interpellation

b. Is not subject to history

c. Can be traced to an “originating moment”

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