Hall on stereotyping, power and othering

Overview

Operations Hall says stereotyping performs, hall's proposition about stereotyping and power and symbolic power in relation to representation.

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1. 1

   How does Hall define stereotyping?

   Model answer

   Hall argued that stereotyping reduces people to a few simple characteristics. The chosen traits are then presented as fixed by nature.

2. 2

   Name the operations Hall says stereotyping performs.

   Model answer

   Hall said stereotyping reduces people to a few traits and essentialises them. Difference is then naturalised and fixed as permanent.

3. 3

   State Hall's proposition about stereotyping and power.

   Model answer

   Hall argued that stereotyping arises where power is unequally distributed. Dominant groups define subordinate groups rather than the reverse.

4. 4

   What does Hall mean by the other?

   Model answer

   The other is a group constructed as fundamentally different from the norm. A group marked as other sits outside the community doing the defining.

5. 5

   Define ethnocentrism.

   Model answer

   Ethnocentrism judges other cultures by the standards of one's own. One culture is treated as the natural centre and the rest as deviations.

6. 6

   How does a stereotype differ from a type?

   Model answer

   A type is a shorthand for a social role that helps an audience follow a story. A stereotype fixes a whole group into a few traits and closes off change.

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