Neoliberalism In Canada
Title: Reaction Paper Assignment
Article of Reviewing: Boyd. Jade. 2012. “Hey, We’re from Canada but We’re Diverse,
Right?”: Neoliberalism, Multiculturalism, and Identity on So You Think You Can Dance Canada”. Critical Studies in Media Communication. 29:4, October. 259-274.
Course: SOC263H5F: Social Inequality
Instructor’s name:Ivanka Knezevic
Student Name: Yingjun Li
Student ID: 1000677957
Date of Submission: 11/13/2015
Introduction: Nowadays. dance reality show is one of the most popular form of television program around the world, which draws considerable attention to people. Most forms of the dance show is competition between the individuals, and there will be a panel of professional judges to comment on their …show more content…
It is essential to understand the following ideas. The central ideology of SYTYCDC is based on the principle of the neoliberalism. Specifically, the author states that the concept of dance should cooperate with freedom. In the West, dance is not only represent freedom, it is also “the project of overcoming the structural barriers of social inequality through an embodied physical transformation” (Boyd 2012). In such reality show, the contestants usually are all ordinary people, it could create intimacy with the viewers. The producers want to emphasize that the ordinary people could transform into a star through hard work, talent, and “authenticity”. Therefore, people could overcome those inequality from class, race and gender through dance to achieve self-transformation. In this process, the myth and failure would be individual problem, and the success is based on the principle of neoliberalism of self-discipline, enterprise and productivity. Here, the author claims that the idea of neoliberalism is not only to do with the governing practice of economic and social policies that attributes to unregulated markets, but also related to “the discourse of personal responsibility, “autonomy, enterprise and choice” (Boyd, 2012). In fact, the neoliberalism in the dance show can be considered as a positive factor …show more content…
The author explores this dance reality show through many different aspects and provide a lot of interpretations about how neoliberalism and multiculturalism are emerged in the show. The popularity of the dance reality show in Canada is noticeable, but most of the fans may not realize its representation and cultural meaning behind each scenes when they are watching it. Although the reality shows are constructed with strong representation pattern, it is not always negative. The reason why the article is interesting and attractive is because the author choose SYTYCDC as the case study to exposure the theme, which make the interests of readers and stimulate them continue to read. Also, the authors gives much background information about this dance show so that even the reader who does not have any knowledge about SYTYCDC can still
Article of Reviewing: Boyd. Jade. 2012. “Hey, We’re from Canada but We’re Diverse,
Right?”: Neoliberalism, Multiculturalism, and Identity on So You Think You Can Dance Canada”. Critical Studies in Media Communication. 29:4, October. 259-274.
Course: SOC263H5F: Social Inequality
Instructor’s name:Ivanka Knezevic
Student Name: Yingjun Li
Student ID: 1000677957
Date of Submission: 11/13/2015
Introduction: Nowadays. dance reality show is one of the most popular form of television program around the world, which draws considerable attention to people. Most forms of the dance show is competition between the individuals, and there will be a panel of professional judges to comment on their …show more content…
It is essential to understand the following ideas. The central ideology of SYTYCDC is based on the principle of the neoliberalism. Specifically, the author states that the concept of dance should cooperate with freedom. In the West, dance is not only represent freedom, it is also “the project of overcoming the structural barriers of social inequality through an embodied physical transformation” (Boyd 2012). In such reality show, the contestants usually are all ordinary people, it could create intimacy with the viewers. The producers want to emphasize that the ordinary people could transform into a star through hard work, talent, and “authenticity”. Therefore, people could overcome those inequality from class, race and gender through dance to achieve self-transformation. In this process, the myth and failure would be individual problem, and the success is based on the principle of neoliberalism of self-discipline, enterprise and productivity. Here, the author claims that the idea of neoliberalism is not only to do with the governing practice of economic and social policies that attributes to unregulated markets, but also related to “the discourse of personal responsibility, “autonomy, enterprise and choice” (Boyd, 2012). In fact, the neoliberalism in the dance show can be considered as a positive factor …show more content…
The author explores this dance reality show through many different aspects and provide a lot of interpretations about how neoliberalism and multiculturalism are emerged in the show. The popularity of the dance reality show in Canada is noticeable, but most of the fans may not realize its representation and cultural meaning behind each scenes when they are watching it. Although the reality shows are constructed with strong representation pattern, it is not always negative. The reason why the article is interesting and attractive is because the author choose SYTYCDC as the case study to exposure the theme, which make the interests of readers and stimulate them continue to read. Also, the authors gives much background information about this dance show so that even the reader who does not have any knowledge about SYTYCDC can still