Which of the following statements are correct?
- A. 'Performativity' was coined by Derrida.
- B. 'Meme' was coined by Richard Dawkins.
- C. 'Culture industry' was coined by Adorno and Horkheimer.
- D. 'Ideological State Apparatus' was coined by Bakhtin.
- E. 'Womanism' was coined by Alice Walker.
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Correct answer: D. B, C, E only
Explanation
Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (1976); Adorno and Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944); Walker, In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens (1983). The performative goes back to J. L. Austin, and ISA is Althusser's.
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