Deck 11: Manifestations of Popular Culture

Question 1

Most non-anthropological studies of popular cultures have focused on:

A) celebrations
B) texts
C) music
D) television

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The "Soccer War" in 1969 was between:

A) Peru and Ecuador
B) El Salvador and Honduras
C) Brazil and Argentina
D) Nicaragua and Mexico

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What was the primary cause of the "Soccer War"?

A) intense sports rivalry between neighboring countries
B) religious unrest and demographic pressure
C) demographic pressure and migration
D) political corruption and economic devastation

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The barras bravas are:

A) intense soccer fans from Chile who come from working class backgrounds and exhibit rebellious attitudes toward social norms
B) two rival teams in Argentina that represent very different social and political backgrounds
C) the Honduran fans who attempted unsuccessfully to push back El Salvadoran fans during the "soccer war"
D) neighborhood fan clubs in Colombia who compete with each other in areas outside of soccer games

Question 5

Which of the following countries is not routinely associated with baseball?

A) Nicaragua
B) Peru
C) Cuba
D) Puerto Rico

Question 6

A ritualized popular celebration is all the following except:

A) public performance
B) primarily improvisational
C) highly stylized
D) celebrated in determined places

Question 7

One of the major emphases of the Bahia Carnaval is:

A) Amazonian heritage
B) African heritage
C) Spanish heritage
D) Portuguese heritage

Question 8

Person-to-person provocations during Carnaval are called:

A) blocos
B) entrudos
C) brigas
D) morenadas

Question 9

Lunfardo expressions have their origins in

A) Italian and Spanish
B) Spanish and Portuguese
C) French and Spanish
D) Spanish and Yoruba

Question 10

The Argentina tango was created through all of the following influences except:

A) politics in Argentine government
B) immigrant populations
C) indigenous roots
D) popularity in Europe

Question 11

Which of the following dance/music has been most widespread in Latin America?

A) jazz
B) reggae
C) tango
D) salsa

Question 12

One of the outcomes of the popularity of telenovelas has been:

A) a decrease in political corruption and crime
B) the intensification of a pan-Hispanic/Latino identity
C) an increase in development programs in Latin America
D) higher standards of morality in Latin America

Question 13

Which best describes the quinceañera?

A) a traditional ceremony for marriage proposals
B) a religious ceremony marking a girl's baptism
C) a public ritual marking a girl's maturity
D) a girl's birthday party

Question 14

Quinceañera is important for all of the following reasons except:

A) it helps people distinguish themselves from the social group
B) it creates an opportunity for family reunions
C) it creates lasting social ties
D) it allows a chance for celebration

Question 15

Popular culture includes:

A) music
B) sports
C) dance
D) all of the above

Question 16

Popular culture often displays a resistance to the social order.

Question 17

Much of the popularity of baseball in South America is related to the high salariethat the players can obtain in they are recruited by a team from the United States.

Question 18

Carnaval provides for a collective sense of identity.

Question 19

In Bolivia the Diablada at Carnaval is associated with agriculturalists.

Question 20

The Argentine tango was developed as a technical dance in the United States.

Question 21

Salsa is a Caribbean creation.

Question 22

Telenovelas, as a genre, date from the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Question 23

Quinceañera is celebrated by indigenous and urban women throughout LatiAmerica.

Question 24

According to the Catholic Church, the quinceaña celebration is an extension obaptism.

Question 25

The quinceañera feast drains all social and economic resources from the poorefamilies in Latin America.

Question 26

What is "popular culture"?

Question 27

What are the origins of Carnaval in Latin America?

Question 28

What are the basic tenets of the Rastafari religious ideology in Jamaica?

Question 29

Name two cultural consequences of the popularity of Latin American telenovelas.

Question 30

Using the example of baseball and bullfighting in Cuba in the late 1800s, describthe relationship between sports and culture.

Question 31

Explain how Carnaval is a ritual of inversion.

Question 32

Why are telenovelas so popular? Use as many examples as you can to show thsignificance of telenovelas in Latin American popular culture.