Alien: Flashcards
(20 cards)
What was the 2nd Wave Feminism movement ?
A movement involving an expansion of previous ideas and victories of 1st Wave Feminism
What were the 2 influential books during the 2nd Wave Feminism movement ?
Simone de Beauvoir published The Second Sex in 1949
- Looks at how women contended with explicit and implicit forms of oppression and prejudice
Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique in 1963
- Looks at the problem of many women’s lack of fulfilment in their lives due to their social roles
What were the 7 key issues during the 2nd Wave Feminism movement ?
- Workplace Equality
- Equality Rights at Home
- Reproductive Rights
- Education Equality
- Women’s Organisations
- Class
- Race
What were the key points of Workplace Equality during the 2nd Wave Feminism Movement ?
- The Equal Pay Act (1963)
- Fair Labour Standards Act
- Title 7 of The Civil Rights Act (1964)
What were the key points of Equal Rights at Home during the 2nd Wave Feminism Movement ?
- Work was often unacknowledged and uncompensated labour
- Helped expand opportunities for women across society
What were the key points of Reproductive Rights during the 2nd Wave Feminism Movement ?
- FDA approved the first oral contraceptive, ‘the pill’ in 1960, giving women more control over their bodies
What were the key points of Education Equality during the 2nd Wave Feminism Movement ?
- Title 9 of The Education Amendments of 1972
- Women’s history became a more widely taught and discussed subjects in school
What were the key points of Women’s Organizations during the 2nd Wave Feminism Movement ?
- National Organisation for Women (NOW)
- Many found empowerment and solidarity by joining organisations with explicit political goals
What were the key points of Class during the 2nd Wave Feminism Movement ?
- Effects of sexism were more severe at the low end of the economic scale
- Capitalist class systems effected the unequal power relations between man and women
What were the key points of Race during the 2nd Wave Feminism Movement ?
- Struggles of White, Middle-Class Women were different from those of Black Women and other women of colour
- Led to emphasis on intersectionality or the notion that oppression works in complicated, mutually reinforcing ways
What was The Watergate Scandal (1972-1974) ?
- Republic President Richard Nixon resigns in 1974 after his involvement in covering up Political Corruption
- He was accused of knowingly covering up a break-in to the Democratic National Committee HQ at The Watergate Building, the HQ was wire-tapped
- He denied charges, but when faces with impeachment he resigned
What was The Watergate Scandal’s impact on society ?
- Distrust in Systems of Power and Authority
- Distrust in Leadership
- Public Awareness of Political Corruption
What was the Post-Vietnam War Era (1975) ?
- USA withdraws from Vietnam in 1975
- Public perception of an expensive war, with terrible loss of life and no outcome
- Use of Napalm by US forces was condemned
- Some viewed soldiers as traitors
- Returning soldiers suffered from trauma and physical injuries
- Soldiers also struggled to find support and work
What was the Post-Vietnam War Era’s impact on society ?
- Criticism of US foreign policy and military
- Questioning of the use of US power
- Viewed as a Humanitarian disaster
What was the Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968) ?
- A social movement against segregation of Black and White communities and the Civil Rights of Black Communities
- Civils Right Act was signed into law in July 1964
- Peaceful protests were met with violence by White Extremists
- Leader Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4th 1968
- Fair Housing Act 1968, discrimination in the housing market was made illegal
What was the Civil Rights Movement’s impact on society ?
- Placing value on Social Change
- Foregrounding of Progressive Values
- Bringing plight of Marginalized communities into public awareness
What was The Counter-Culture Movement (1960s-1970s) ?
- A Social and Political movement, largely among young adults resisting questioning Hegemonic Polices and Values
- Calls for peace and an end to war
- Pro Civil Rights and Social Progression
- Liberal attitudes to society
- Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Consumerism
- Focus on Love and Harmony
What was The Counter-Culture Movement’s impact on society ?
- Distrust in Corporations and Centralised Power
- Questioning of accepted Dogma
- Liberal views of Social Harmony, Fairness and Progress
What are the key features of German Expressionism?
- Dark, Brutal themes
- Wild sets with Unconventional Lines and Shapes
- Deep, long Shadows, Gothic Makeup and Costumes
- Slower pace and bizarre cinematography
- Unconventional Colours
- Visual distortions ad hyper expressive performances
- Chiascoro lighting
What is German Expressionism?
An early 20th century German Art Movement that emphasized the artist’s inner feelings or ideas over replacing reality, and was characterized by simplified shapes, bright colours and gestural marks or brushstrokes
