Orange Is The New Black

By: Duniya Awad & Samantha

Ten Key Terms:

• Social Conflict Approach• Homosexuality • Heterosexuality• Social Group• Norms• Medication for deviance• Crime• Societal Protection• Significant Other• Culture Shock

Social Conflict Approach:

•A framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change.

Social Conflict Approach: OITNB

• In the show Red causes conflict for Alex when she insults her cooking.

• She denies Alex certain foods or sometimes food till Alex changes her mind and does something for Red.

Homosexuality:

• Sexual attraction of people of the same gender or sex.

Homosexuality: OITNB

• In the show many of the women in the prison are homosexual.•Alex and Piper have an on and off relationship and mutual attraction toward each other.

Heterosexuality:

•Sexual attraction of two people of the opposite gender or sex.

Heterosexuality: OITNB

•Piper was in a relationship and engaged to Larry for a while before he found out about Alex and after her first relationship run with Alex.

Social Group:

•Two or more people who identify with and interact with one another.

Social Group: OITNB

• In the prison all the women are in a social group or group of people they identify with.• Most common in the show is by race and belief. • On the show Tiffany has a social group or followers based on their

common beliefs.

Norm:

•Norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance

Norms: OITNB

• On the show there is a prison norm that everyone is common with.• The show in a whole breaks the norms of media and television with

the appearance of dominantly woman, people of minority, LGBTQ, and elderly people.

Medicalization of Deviance:

•The transfer of moral and legal deviance into a medical condition.

Medication of Deviance: OITNB

•On the show Crazy Eyes has a flashback moment where she shows us her childhood and how she was in treatment and medicated for acting out.

Crime:

•The violation of society’s formally enacted criminal law.

Crime: OITNB

• On the show the setting is a prison and all of the women there where sent there for committing a crime.• For Example: Piper was sent there for fraud and carrying

illegal drug money across borders which is a crime in society.

Societal Protection:

•Rendering an offender incapable of further offenses temporarily through imprisonment or permanently by execution.

Societal Protection: OITNB

• In the show most of the women are sent to the prison so that they do no further harm to society nor themselves. • For example: Dayanara’s mother is sent to prison for drug related

charges in order for her not top spread it and for the protection against her own children.

Significant Other:

•People, such as parents, who have special importance for socialization.

Significant Other: OITNB

• On the show many people have a significant other inside and outside the prison.• For example: Dia and John have a relationship inside the prison

though it is against the rules and have a baby on the way.

Culture Shock:

•Personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.

Culture Shock: OITNB

• For Piper prison is culture shock never being there or even imaging to be there. She experiences a cultural shock where she makes many mistakes and slowly learns to adapt.

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