PPT-Overcoming Stereotypes in Literature

By Karlee and Melanie Stereotypes 2 Categories Negative Dirty drunk cruel warring savages Romantic Glorified noble naïve hot warrior Childrens Literature False image American Indians are extinct. We look forward to being healthy and active for longer with more opportunities to realise our goals in our later life than ever before As Standard Life recognised in this years active money campaign people simply do not grow old like they used to It A stereotype is defined as a social perception of an individual in terms of membership or physical attributes. It is a . generalisation. that is made about a group and then attributed to members of that group. . P. eople without History” in the Narratives of the . West (Katie . Trumpener. ). Presentation By. : . M. att Gold. Katie . Trumpener. Currently a Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale University. and the Effects on Race Relations. By . Rosalind Moore. Overview. Librarian Stereotypes and historic affects on . Diversity initiatives. . in . the . field.. Commonalities with Librarian stereotypes. An over-simplified, generalized belief about all people who belong to a certain social group (e.g. Canadians are nice). When we stereotype a group of people, we depict all of the individuals within that group as having the same characteristics. What are stereotypes associated with teachers?. How do I not fit those stereotypes?. Stereotypes: what’s the problem?. What are stereotypes associated with teenagers?. What problems would you face if you were judged by those stereotypes?. • They are standardized: they exist in the minds of a large number of people. There cannot be a stereotype held by one person; it must be shared by many to be a stereotype.. • The stereotype has a “special meaning”: it usually carries with it enormous judgmental and emotional weight.. WHAT IS A STEREOTYPE?. A fixed, commonly held notion or image of a person or group, based on an oversimplification of some observed or imagined trait of behavior or appearance.. EXPRESSION OF STEREOTYPE. Jason Rix. 10-18-11. COM 3100WI. Introduction. Television and the communication of Stereotypes. Where it was once the norm for messages to be communicated via one-on-one interaction between two people, modern technology – television in particular –changed the manner in which people receive their messages (Gerbner, 1998).. All images are from Google . I. mages unless otherwise noted. WHY . DO WE LABEL?. *. ARE LABELS GOOD OR BAD?. Do some groups have more power than others?. Are there people who can be in more than one group?. Lesson 1. ✓. D. efine and use the term ‘gender stereotype’ correctly.. ✓. L. ist stereotypes for girls and for boys.. ✓. P. lay ‘guess the occupation game’. . In today’s lesson we are . What’s the Difference?. Definition of STEREOTYPE.  A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. .. Not literary. We avoid using this term to talk about classifying characters, settings, plot points, etc... Describe the perfect man…. Describe the perfect woman…. People face many standards that can be difficult to achieve. In small groups, take a picture off the wall and describe the main person in the picture:. Changes in migrants‘ personal stereotypes while acculturating to their host countries Adrian Stanciu Dissertation Defense Colloquium February 14, 2017 On the cognitive adaptation of migrants 2 Introduction