Terminology Flashcards
(25 cards)
praxis
accepted practise or custom
Hegemony
leadership or dominance
enslaving
cause someone to lose their freedom
exclusivity
practise of excluding others
inclusivity
practise or policy of including people who might otherwise be excluded
margianalised
treat as insignificant
social pariah
one that is despised or rejected
ostracism
exclusion from a society or group
subservience
willingness to obey others unquestionably
enstranged
no longer close to someone; alienated
usurpation
taking someones power or property by force
post colonialism
refers to social and cultural events that follow a period of colonial occupation
gynocentric
centred on or concerned exclusively with women
misogony
prejudice against women
virago
a female warrior/ violent woman
iconoclasts
a person who attacks or criticises beliefs or institutions
essentialism
a belief that things have a set of characteristics which make them what they are
emasculate
to deprive a males role or identity
oppression
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment
power relations
matrix of possible interactions
matrix
social, cultural or political environment in which something develops
foreground
make the most prominent or important feature
devaluing
diminishing the value of
internalise
make part of ones nature
