Lana's Midterm Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. A strategy of reading or analyzing something in a way that challenges assumptions about what is “normal,” especially regarding gender and sexuality.
  2. 6. culture paradox The idea that popular culture can both challenge and reinforce dominant power structures.
  3. 8. The study of signs and how they create meaning.
  4. 11. A type of ideology that has become solidified in cultural objects or practices.
  5. 12. Quo The existing state of social, political, or cultural affairs.
  6. 14. Any cultural product that can be “read” for meaning (film, ad, book, etc.).
  7. 15. culture Cultural forms considered elite or refined (e.g., opera, classical literature).
  8. 18. Anything (words, images, sounds) that communicates meaning.
  9. 19. culture Culture produced for large audiences through industrial means.
  10. 21. An economic system where private individuals own businesses and operate them for profit.
  11. 22. Cultural stories or ideas that make certain beliefs seem natural or common sense.
  12. 25. A product made to be bought and sold.
  13. 26. The real-world thing or idea that a sign refers to.
  14. 27. value The profit made by paying workers less than the value of what they produce.
  15. 28. needs Artificial desires created by capitalism that distract from real needs.
  16. 29. culture Traditional cultural practices created by communities and passed down over time.
  17. 30. Institutions like police, courts, and military that maintain order through force.
  18. 32. practices Physical activities and real-world behaviors that produce culture.
  19. 34. A smaller cultural group within a larger culture that has its own norms and values
  20. 38. Institutions like schools, media, religion that shape beliefs and maintain ideology.
  21. 39. needs Basic human needs necessary for survival and well-being.
  22. 40. The arrangement or sequence of elements in a structure.
  23. 42. signs Signs that resemble what they represent.
  24. 44. An approach that studies systemic racism and how laws and institutions maintain racial inequality.
  25. 46. garde Innovative, experimental art that challenges conventions.
  26. 47. The capitalist class that owns the means of production.
  27. 48. A theory that analyzes society in terms of class struggle and economic power.
  28. 49. Dressing up as a character from media (film, comics, games, etc.).
  29. 51. The quality of being genuine or “real.”
  30. 52. culture Culture associated with dominant or upper classes.
  31. 53. The relationship between texts and how they reference or influence each other.
  32. 56. The illusion of uniqueness in mass-produced cultural products.
Down
  1. 1. A movement and theory advocating gender equality.
  2. 2. appropriation Adopting elements of one culture (often marginalized) by another, usually dominant, culture.
  3. 4. The belief that men and women have natural, unchangeable traits based on biology.
  4. 5. of feeling Shared values and emotions characteristic of a particular time period.
  5. 7. The set of possible elements that could be chosen in a given position within a structure.
  6. 9. culture The merging of media platforms and audiences across technologies.
  7. 10. Categories of cultural products defined by shared conventions.
  8. 13. practices The ways meaning is produced and communicated through signs.
  9. 16. Related to signs and meaning-making.
  10. 17. intent The creator’s intended meaning behind a work.
  11. 20. The physical form of a sign (word, image, sound).
  12. 21. industry The mass production of culture for profit under capitalism.
  13. 23. The working class who sell their labor for wages.
  14. 24. The literal, surface meaning of a sign.
  15. 31. set A category with unclear or flexible boundaries.
  16. 33. Made by hand, often emphasizing craftsmanship and uniqueness.
  17. 35. The analysis and evaluation of cultural texts.
  18. 36. School A group of Marxist scholars who critiqued mass culture and capitalism.
  19. 37. codes The technical elements (camera angles, lighting, sound) used to create meaning in media.
  20. 41. A reference to another text, event, or cultural element.
  21. 43. studies An academic field that examines culture, media, and power relations.
  22. 45. The belief that gender and identity are socially constructed by culture and environment.
  23. 50. press Media aimed at a mass audience (e.g., tabloids, entertainment news).
  24. 54. Masculinity Harmful cultural norms associated with masculinity, such as aggression and emotional suppression.
  25. 55. A system of signs and rules that create meaning (e.g., fashion as a gender code).