Socio-political Contexts

Question 1

WHAT are the 4️⃣ contexts this deck covers? 💃😎🔵🔥

Answer 1

• Cultural Hegemony
• Cool Capitalism
• Neo-Liberalism
• Hell Joseon

Question 2

DEFINE Culture Hegemony ➕
1) Who coined it? 🏋🏾‍♀️
2) Examples 👩‍🎓.. 👩‍💻/ 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Answer 2

Idea that 💪🏾 of ‘ruling class’ can be excersised/reinforced through cultural texts. They establish cultural norms.

1) Gramsci
2) Going to University to get a job OR Perfect family = mum + dad + kids 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Question 3

IN WHAT WAYS does Culture Hegemony apply to Parasite 🪱? 4️⃣ 🫡🥊🙊🧍🤷🏾‍♀️

Answer 3

1) THE KIMS & THE BUNKER DWELLERS
Shows the reverence (deep respect) 🫡 for those in ⬆️ social 👥 positions ➕ aspire to be in similar position 🙏🙏

2) THE FIGHT
To maintain ⬇️⬇️ class positions.. ❌ try to unify & overthrow 🤑

3) KI-TAEK (Mr Kim’s) JOURNEY
Symbolic of drawing realisation of exploitation of ⬇️ class to maintain CultHeg

4) NOTHING CHANGES
Poor 🟰 ☠️ or sunk deeper 🛳️
Rich 🟰 Free/escape 🏃🏾‍♀️💨

5) THE SYSTEM CONTINUES 🔄
So hegemony is normalised

Question 4

DEFINE Hegemony 💪🏾💪🏾🤗

Answer 4

Dominance obtained by ‘consent’

Question 5

DEFINE Neoliberalism