Chapter 3 - Theatre

Values, standards, and patterns of behavior of a particular group of people; it's expressed in a people's customs, language, rituals, history, religion, social and political institutions, and it's art and entertainment

Fads and fashions that dominate mainstream media, music, and art for a period of time

How we learn about our culture by watching and imitating the behaviors of others and listening to their stories

The endeavor to overcome all forms of discrimination, including racism, sexism, and homophobia, so that people can coexist peacefully and attempt to achieve a pluralistic society

Shortcuts in thinking that attribute a a generalized identity to people who are not like us

Promotes a particular people's cultural identity and invites members of that culture and other culture to experience that culture's joys, problems, history, traditions, and point of view

Object to the dominant culture's control and demands that a minority culture's voice and political agenda be heard

Mixes different cultures in an attempt to find understanding or commonality among then

Second avenue of new york city, called this because so many jewish theatre were located there

When black artists, actors, poets, musicians, and writers converged to tell the stories of the lives, history, and people contrary to white stereotypes of blacks

When whites played "ethnic" characters by waearing heavy makeup

The idea that our cultural gourp is superior to others