FSN 510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Stratification, Melting Pot, Noble Savage
13 Dec 2018
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Internalized image of one"s place within all of the social dynamics related to power and hierarchy. The lens through which individuals see and understand how they fit in the social world around them. "this is how we do things here and this is how you fit in" One view of the world tends to prevail. Upholds the existing relations of power and hierarchy. Majority of work falls into this category (blockbusters, tv, etc. ) Affirm our customary way of viewing the world and film. Few formal changes and may have mild political controversy. Conservative & reactionary: present the status quo as obvious, unquestionable. Progressive (liberal & radical): politicizing effect through character identification with the intrepid. Formalism: work that is innovative on a formal or stylistic level and exposes formal conventions. Distance viewers from purely realist style and engages. Distance viewers from purely realist style and engages them in the process of understanding how a social reality is constructed.
