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Hegemony vs Heteronormative - What's the difference?

hegemony | heteronormative |

As a noun hegemony

is (formal) domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.

As an adjective heteronormative is

of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that legitimize and privilege heterosexuality, heterosexual relationships, and traditional gender roles as fundamental and "natural" within society.

hegemony

English

Noun

(hegemonies) (wikipedia hegemony)
  • (formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
  • Dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or hegemon acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force.
    • ie: internationally among nation-states, and regionally over social classes, between languages or even culture.
    eg: The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony .

    Derived terms

    * hegemonism * hegemonist

    Related terms

    * hegemon * hegemonic

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    heteronormative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that legitimize and privilege heterosexuality, heterosexual relationships, and traditional gender roles as fundamental and "natural" within society.
    • Much of the language used when discussing wedding planning is heteronormative , which can alienate homosexual couples.
  • * {{quote-journal
    • , year = 1997 , month = Summer , title = “Stop Reading Films!”: Film Studies, Close Analysis, and Gay Pornography , first = John , last = Champagne , journal = (Cinema Journal) , issn = 0009-7101 , volume = 36 , issue = 4 , jstor = 1225614 , page = 82 , passage = This suggests both that film studies can be heteronormative even when it is analyzing homosexual representations and that close textual analysis is itself structured by heterosexual presumptions and assumptions. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 1998-02-28 , chapter = Philadelphia : AIDS, Representation, Organization , first = Ruth , last = Holliday , title = Organization-Representation: Work and Organizations in Popular Culture , editors = John Hassard, Ruth Holliday , publisher = SAGE , isbn = 9780761953920 , ol = 8030203M , page = 102 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=OEFuP4LgavAC&pg=PA102&dq=heteronormative , passage = In the same way, homosexuality and bisexuality will always be seen as problematic in heteronormative organizations. }}
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    • Derived terms

    * heteronormativity

    Antonyms

    * homonormative

    Coordinate terms

    * cisnormative