Study Guide for Midterm 4, Aesthetics


Study Guide for Midterm 4
SOC 206

 

Desmond and Emirbayer: 8. Aesthetics

 

  1. Know how to perform a triple reading on artistic practices.

 

  1. Know about art during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

 

  1. Know about material used by neoclassical European and American sculptors.

 

  1. Know about minstrel shows.

 

  1. Know about Amos ‘n’ Andy.

 

  1. Know about the Harlem Renaissance.

 

  1. Know about the world of high fashion.

 

  1. Know about country music.

 

  1. Know about ethnic plastic surgery.

 

  1. Know about Abercrombie and Fitch.

 

  1. Know about the white aesthetic.

 

  1. Know about Saracenic architecture.

 

  1. Know about the racist aesthetic.

 

  1. Know about antiracist art.

 

  1. Know about Trisha Rose, author of Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America.

 

  1. Why has hip-hop turned away from its political roots?

 

  1. What are examples of “merchandising dissent”?

 

  1. Know about winners in the category of Best Director at the U.S. annual Academy Awards for film.

 

  1. What are examples of naïve art?

 

  1. What are examples of a “un-stereotype”?

 

  1. Know about Spanish radio.

 

  1. Psychologists show that when given a choice between a white or black doll, African-American preschool and elementary school children are more likely to choose which doll?

 

  1. Know about the banjo.

 

  1. Know about Bethany Bryson.

 

  1. Compared to people who are fairly tolerant of other racial groups, people who harbor racial prejudice are more likely to reject what?

 

Also note that there may or may not be critical thinking questions, some easy, some not so easy, primarily based on our discussion on aesthetics, but may also require knowledge from other parts of the course, including videos (including the short clips shown during our discussion on aesthetics), but not the optional readings.

 

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