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Which of the following statements are correct? A. The term 'performativity' was coined by Derrida B. The idea of 'meme' was originally coined by Ri
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Which of the following statements are correct?
A. The term 'performativity' was coined by Derrida B. The idea of 'meme' was originally coined by Richard Dawkins C. The term 'The culture industry' was coined by Adorno and Horkheimer D. The term 'Ideological State Apparatus' was coined by Bakhtin E. The term 'Womanism' was coined by Alice Walker

A.

A, B, C only

B.

D, E, A only

C.

B, C, D only

D.

B, C, E only

Correct option is D

The correct statements are:
· B. The idea of "meme" was originally coined by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene (1976). He used the term to describe how ideas and cultural phenomena spread and evolve similarly to genes.
· C. The term "The culture industry" was coined by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer in their essay "The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception" (1944), critiquing mass-produced culture and its impact on society.
· E. The term "Womanism" was coined by Alice Walker, a term used to describe a form of feminism that emphasizes the experiences and struggles of Black women, distinct from mainstream feminism.
Information Booster:
1. Performativity (A) was coined by J.L. Austin and later developed by Judith Butler, not by Derrida. It refers to the concept of language as action or performance, especially in social and gender identity contexts.
2. Ideological State Apparatus (D) was coined by Louis Althusser, not Bakhtin, in his theory about how institutions (e.g., schools, churches) maintain control in capitalist societies through ideology.
Additional Information:
· A. Performativity: Developed mainly by Judith Butler in relation to gender theory, based on earlier work by J.L. Austin.
· D. Ideological State Apparatus: A Marxist concept introduced by Louis Althusser in his essay "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses" (1970).

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