Deck 42: Deviance As Resistance

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT Cohen's critique of the queer theory?

A)Homogenizing everything that is publicly identifiable as heterosexual
B)Silence on the subject of race
C)Lack of elaboration on the structural access to power that results from the designation of Whiteness in a relatively persistent racial order
D)Misrepresenting the black population

Answer 1

Misrepresenting the black population

Question 2

What tendency in African American studies does Cohen criticize?

A)The tendency to neglect black deviance
B)The tendency to glorify black deviance
C)The tendency to pathologize black deviance
D)None of the above

Answer 2

The tendency to pathologize black deviance

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true according to Cohen's discussion about deviance, agency, autonomy, and resistance?

A)The research focus on black deviance should shift to investigate its potential for the production of counter normative behaviors and oppositional politics.
B)Studies on black deviance should strive to explain the functional or dysfunctional characteristics of deviant behaviors
C)Many of the acts labeled resistance have not been attempts at resistance but the struggle of those most marginal to maintain or regain some agency in their lives
D)Researchers must begin to delineate the conditions under which transgressive behavior becomes transformative and deviant practice is transformed into politicized resistance

Answer 3

Studies on black deviance should strive to explain the functional or dysfunctional characteristics of deviant behaviors

Question 4

Explain the differences between Cohen's term intentional deviance and that discussed by traditional labeling theorists.To what extent are whites, blacks, and Hispanics more or less likely to engage in intentional deviance? Use examples to explain why.