1) Why do cultural studies theorists separate words with capital letters from those without, even when the words in question are not proper nouns (e.g., woman vs. Woman)? Explain why we do this (i.e., what is the convention a shorthand for), and what significance it has. (30-50 words)
They use uppercase letters versus lowercase letters a lot of times to separate from the ‘real’ and place it in discourse. Uppercase has some level of symbolic. For example – in using woman versus Woman, lowercase letters show the real and uppercase is used when talking about women that they should be able to vote, or they deserve equal rights.
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