the concept of the other

  • broad term that refers to individuals or groups who are been seen on the margins.
  • outside of mainstream or what is considered normal
  • the other is usually represented as different, but as inferior, less powerful and worthy.
  • kya for example is represented as someone who the townspeople think doesnโ€™t deserve compassion, education or a family.

relation to values and attitudes and ideologies.

  • for example in western society, we value and respect others, need a job to work hard and make money, and value ideas about family and education.

binary oppositions

  • sense of self and other are binary oppositions.
  • the self and the other are social constructs that involve a power difference.

politics

  • rapid changes in technology and social demographics through migration and globalisation has redefined dominant culture and what it means to be a member of mainstream media.

how to construct others

  • others are often people who are romanticised, feared, stereotyped or pitied - someone who is different.
  • kya is WTCS is feared, pitied, excluded and scorned.

gender

  • the idea of an independent female, rare in the 1960s leads to kya being see as an other, as she is different from other women of the same time period.

outsiders

  • outsider is a popular character type who is earned by those who exist outside the norm of dominant spheres of identity.