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bell hooks Postmodern Blackness

Total questions: 6

Worksheet time: 3mins

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1.

the definition of postmodernism is...?

a)

a social, political, and economic theory that focuses on the struggle between capitalists and the working class

b)

questioning the ideas and values associated with a form of modernism that believes in progress and innovation

c)

the rejection of traditional values and techniques that emphasized the importance of individual experience

d)

the self-definition of a generation about its own technological innovation, governance, and socioeconomics

2.

the definition of Essentialism is...?

a)

a way of thinking that holds that it is possible through political action for human societies to improve over time

b)

An individual's personal/internal interpretation of an event or work.

c)

Belief that traditional moral values and belief systems are invented and that life itself is meaningless.

d)

the practice of regarding something as having universal validity rather than as being a social, ideological, or intellectual construct

3.

What ideas does hooks discuss?

a)

postmodernism and its exclusion of black culture

b)

black women's loss of narrative

c)

we all live within a system that has been dominated by those who are privileged

d)

all of the above

4.

What are hook's thoughts regarding the black experience?

a)

There is no one Black experience.

b)

There is one, unified Black experience.

c)

There is a unified Black male experience and a unified Black female experience.

d)

There is one unified Black experience and there is one unified White experience.

5.

Why did bell hooks not capitalize her name?

a)

to get people's attention

b)

to honor her great-grandmother

c)

to make people focus on her work rather than herself

d)

because she's not like other girls

6.

what is the term to describe how multiple identities interact to create unique patterns of oppression?

a)

intersectionality

b)

marginalization

c)

social hierarchy