Exam
Chapter 4 Language
· Characteristics of language
· Language and power (examples along racial and gender lines)
· Code switching
· Language & thought (Sapir-Whorf hypothesis)
· Types of non-verbal communication (Ottenheimer)
· Globalization and language
Chapter 5 Race & racism
· History of the construction of race
· Critiques of the biological claims of race
· Types of racism
· Whiteness and white supremacy
· Intersectionality of race and other identities
· Application of frameworks and perspectives on race and racism to analyze the differential exposures to and impacts of COVID-19
Chapter 6 Ethnicity & nationalism
· Definition of ethnicity
· Construction of ethnic identities
· How ethnic identities are constructed and maintained
· Ethnicity and nationhood
· Ethnicity as a source of conflict – examples
· Ethnicity as a source of opportunities – examples
· Definition of nationalism
Chapter 7 Gender
· Definitions of gender and sex
· The cultural construction of gender – at home, school, etc.
· Performing gender
· Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between gender and power – with examples
· Impact of globalization on gender relations
