Postmodern music - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Dance - Answer- The art of movement and expression, organization of moves with a befinning, middle, and end The elements of dance movements (4) - Answer- Space, time, levels, force Abstraction - Answer- The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement Adagio - Answer- As in music, the opposite of allegro, or a slower tempo Alignment - Answer- The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving Allegro - Answer- From the...

What are the five definitions discussed in lecture? - ANSWER----1. Well liked by many 2. Inferior kinds of work - 'low brow' 3. Work that deliberately sets out to win mass commercial favour 4. Pop culture that emerges from the people, for the people (eg. not imposed) 5. Postmodern influence, where "authentic" and "commercial" are blurred What is low culture? - ANSWER----It is second-best or leftover culture from what is defined as high culture. Who suggests that there are actually...

What are the characteristics of Modernism (1888-1910)? There are 10. - Answer- 1. Loneliness 2. Sensuality 3. Defense of Indigenism 4. Harmony 5. Exoticism 6. Fine Materials 7. Mythological 8. Sayings/Gallicism 9. Aristocratic 10. Change of meter Who was the most important modernist? Where was he from? - Answer- Ruben Dario Nicaragua This type of writing Gained popularity in mid-13th Century w/ Alfonso X - Answer- Spanish Prose The last great poet of middle ages. Wrote Coplas ...

Betty's computer crashes as she is writing a final class paper right before the due date. Knowing this will compromise her final course grade, she forces a smile and says sarcastically, "Oh, great! This is just what I needed. I was hoping this would happen today." According to Chapter 1: Foundations of Communication, which of the following describes Betty's nonverbal behavior? - Answer - Contradicting Lourdes tries to interrupt Rick, but Rick raises his finger to indicate he hasn't finis...

SOCI 1301 - Exam 1 (CH 1 - 4) questions and answers graded A+ Which social theorist introduced the idea of the sociological imagination? Peter Berger C. Wright Mills Bernard McGrane Howard Becker C. Wright Mills What is the definition of "sociology"? Sociology is the systematic or scientific study of human society and social behavior. Sociology is the systematic or scientific study of the cultural connections and divisions between individuals. Sociology is the systemati...

Chapter 3-Culture MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. What do sociologists refer to as “the knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society”? a. culture b. society c. social organization d. religion ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: page 61 BLM: Remember 2. Three sociologists are discussing the relationship between society and culture. What are they likely to conclude about this relations...

CULTURAL STUDIES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ Matthew Arnold (1960) on culture described culture as the best that has been thought and said in the world. Here reading, observing and thinking were said to be the means towards moral perfection and social good. His aesthetic and political arguments are a justification for 'high culture'. Leavivism (culture with a capital C) Shares with Arnold that culure is the high point of civilization and the concern of an educated minority ...

What are the characteristics of Modernism (1888-1910)? There are 10. - ANSWER-1. Loneliness 2. Sensuality 3. Defense of Indigenism 4. Harmony 5. Exoticism 6. Fine Materials 7. Mythological 8. Sayings/Gallicism 9. Aristocratic 10. Change of meter Who was the most important modernist? Where was he from? - ANSWER-Ruben Dario Nicaragua This type of writing Gained popularity in mid-13th Century w/ Alfonso X - ANSWER-Spanish Prose The last great poet of middle ages. Wrote Coplas a l...

01 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. According to Timmerman, sociologists are concerned with the study of: 
A. similarities between social evolution and the evolution of viruses.
B. how important individuals shape the society in which ordinary people live.
C. what people do as members of a group or while interacting with one another.
D. what people do today and how it can be used to predict future social trends.   2. The s...

Straighterline Sociology 101 Exam Questions and Complete Solutions Life course theorist suggest - Answer: socialization continues through all stages of the cycle of life Sara takes her four-year-old brother Matt to a carnival for the first time. They decide to ride the merry-go-round. Matt runs to the front of the line. His sister pulls him back and explains they have to stand in line. This is an example of - Answer: socialization Bob is on his first date with Mary, whom he really likes...