The Terms T-Z

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Tax increment financing
Definition: Commonly used scheme to support redevelopment around the U.S.- meaning that taxes do not return to the city's general fund, Author: Davis, Source: Chapter 16 Space Jam, Date of Assignment: 2/12/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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The Great Depression
Definition: During the 1930s time period, the American economy hit a downhill crisis, in which, middle and working class families were marked with fear of consumerism., Author: Lipsitz, Source: Chapter 3 The Meaning of Memory, Date of Assignment: 2/5/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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the new consumerism
Definition: an upscaling of lifestyle norms; the pervasiveness of conspicuous, status good and of competition for acquiring them; and the growing disconnect between consumer desires and incomes., Author: Schor, Source: The Need Politics of Consumption, Date of Assignment: 2/15/2007, Name: Liz S.

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The New Consumerism
Definition: New developments in the sphere of consumption; the recent upscaling of lifestyle norms., Author: Juliet Schor, Source: The New Politics of Consumption, Date of Assignment: 2/15/2007, Name: Lauren P.

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Time consistency
Definition: The ability of individuals to plan spending optimally throughout their lifetimes, to save enough for the future, or to delay gratification., Author: Schor, Source: The Need Politics of Consumption, Date of Assignment: 2/15/2007, Name: Liz S.

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Traditional Values
Definition: the woman cooks and cleans in the home, the husband is the breadwinner, the daughters learn how to be good mothers and wives, the sons get educated and aspire to be successful career wise., Author: Lipsitz, Source: The Meaning of Memory, Date of Assignment: 2/5/2007, Name: Liz S.

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Universalizing Discourse
Definition: (Sedgwick) Describes that sexuality is unable to be categorized and more unstructured than traditionally believed., Author: Raymond, Source: Chapter 10 Popular Culture and Queer Representation, Date of Assignment: 2/5/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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Universalizing Discourse
Definition: a reading that suggests the concepts of queerness and sexuality are nonbinary and more amorphous, Author: Raymond, Source: Popular Culture and Queer Representation, Date of Assignment: 2/5/2007, Name: Amanda G.

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Vignette Approach
Definition: A form of advertising in which a narrative and 'reason-why' formatting is used with a basis of lifestyle images (speed up), timed with music-- which basically sells emotion rather than the product., Author: Jhally, Source: Chapter 25 Image Based Culture, Date of Assignment: 2/19/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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Weightism
Definition: the prejudice found based upon a person's weight- (overweight=unnacepted + ridiculed), Author: Kilbourne, Source: Chapter 26 The More You Subtract, Date of Assignment: 2/19/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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Women's Products
Definition: the traditional items that the markets believe are feminine products- such as clothes, shampoo, fragrance, food, etc, Author: Steinem, Source: Chapter 23 Sex, Lies, and Advertising, Date of Assignment: 2/19/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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Zarathustra
Definition: the first prophet in Iran before the Arab invasion, Author: Satrapi, Source: Persepolis, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Jessica B.