Terms D-F

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Denotation
Definition: We have lots of gay, lesbian, bisexuals, etc. characters in the media- we now need to focus on normalizing queer culture into mainstream media., Author: Raymond, Source: Popular Culture and Queer Representation, Date of Assignment: 2/5/2007, Name: Liz S.

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Discourse
Definition: system of representation that has developed socially in order to make and circulate a coherent set of meanings about a topic area., Author: Lull, Source: Hegemony, Date of Assignment: 2/8/2007, Name: Lauren P.

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discursive medium
Definition: Tv's emergence as the most important disgressive outlet in American Culture during a time of civil rights issues and social change., Author: Lipsitz, George, Source: Ch. 3, Date of Assignment: 2/5/2007, Name: Kristin C.

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Dominant Readings
Definition: texts majority chosen for restoration of male power, law and order, and social stability, Author: Kellner, Source: Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture, Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Melissa Z.

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Duties to the Family
Definition: In Nigerian culture, the women had to be subservient to the men in the family, by cleaning and doing chores., Author: Ieoma, Source: Because You're a Girl, Date of Assignment: 2/8/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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Ethnographic Research
Definition: Research that attempts to determine how texts affect audiences and shape their beliefs and behavior., Author: Dines, Source: 'The White's of Their Eyes', Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Katelyn R.

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external effects
Definition: no consequences on the well being of others( not reflected in product prices), Author: Schor, Source: Chapter 19 The New Politics of Consumption, Date of Assignment: 2/15/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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Extremist
Definition: A person or persons that uses fanatical actions to demonstrate an ideology or belief from a certain group., Author: Ducat, Source: 'Gender in a Time of Holy War...', Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Katelyn R.

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Feminine
Definition: to lack power and to be reluctant to use power is seen as weak and therefore is associated with being an other (a female), Author: Johnson, Source: Patriarchy, the System, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Liz S.

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Feminine
Definition: The author defines feminine in this classic manner ( which others believe): being nice, sweet, competitive for other boys, repress their power and anger, and be attractive ( also virginal)..., Author: Kilbourne, Source: Chapter 26 The More You Subtract, Date of Assignment: 2/19/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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Femiphobia
Definition: Fear of women? Fear of women having power and being equal to men?, Author: Ducat, Source: Gender in a Time of Holy War, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Lauren P.

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Femiphobic
Definition: the hatred and suppression of all things feminine, Author: Ducat, Source: Gender in a Time of Holy War, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Amanda G.

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Forbidden Fruit
Definition: Ieoma uses this to describe the relationships possible with the males in her class, due to the gender inequality, these relationships and power over the men mean a lot more than connections to other girls., Author: Ieoma, Source: Because You're a Girl, Date of Assignment: 2/8/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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Fundamentalism
Definition: an ethnic, political, or religious set of ideas that is centered around its inability to tolerate ambiguity (especially regarding gender), Author: Ducat, Source: Gender in a Time of Holy War, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Devon M.

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Fundamentalism
Definition: A form of religion that abides strictly to the rules of that religion and often does not tolerate other types of religion., Author: Ducat, Source: 'Gender in a Time of Holy War...', Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Katelyn R.

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Fundamentalists
Definition: those who possess an inability to tolerate ambiguity, whom the author calls “crusaders for certainty”; in the gender realm, fundamentalists are those who desire to restore ultimate patriarchal domination and punish those who stray from their prescribed gender roles, Author: Ducat, Source: Gender in a Time of Holy War, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Amanda G.

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Fundamentalists
Definition: they share a creed that includes restoration of a fantasized golden age of unfettered patriarchal domination, harsh punishments for those who stray from prescribed gender roles, terror regarding women’s sexuality, and an absolute intolerance of homosexuals, Author: Ducat, Source: Gender In a Time of Holy War, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Liz S.

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Fundamentalists
Definition: Followers of a particular faith (Christianity or Islam) that share a distaste for moral pollutants emanating from liberal Western culture; envision a apocalyptic violence that could cleanse the world of them. Hate abortionists, feminists, gays/lesbians, ACLU, pagans, etc. Also ethnic and political fundamentalists; all have the ability to tolerate ambiguity., Author: Ducat, Source: Gender in a Time of Holy War, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Lauren P.

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Fundamentalists
Definition: A group of people that share a creed for the restoration of patriarchal domination, harsh punishments for those that do not follow gender roles, and intolerance for homosexuals., Author: Ducat, Source: Gender in Time of Holy War, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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Fundamentalists (Christian and Islamic)
Definition: people who believe in conservative ways and disagree strongly with many modern American cultural tendencies, Author: Stephen Ducat, Source: Gender in a Time of Holy War: Fundamentalist, Femiphobia and Post 9/11 Masculinity, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: No Name
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