Cultural Studies Colloquia<\/p>\n
Midterm Paper<\/p>\n
5 pages, Times New Roman 12 point font, double spaced<\/p>\n
Due Friday, Oct 29th at 11:59 pm to Canvas<\/p>\n
Assignment<\/p>\n
The purpose of this paper is to have you apply the theories, methods, concepts, and topics which you have been learning about in your Cultural Studies classes to one of the electives which you are taking. Choose a topic from a course that you are currently in, and examine it from a cultural studies perspective. Imagine we were looking at that issue in our colloquium: what questions might we want to have answered? What theories might we apply to it to help us understand power dynamics involved, identity issues, representational issues, ideas about truth and knowledge? These are just a few things to think about\u2014there are many others which we have examined. <\/p>\n
Be sure to refer to readings directly. These can be any of the works you have read in your Cultural Studies classes. A good, solid paper will have at least 3-4 direct quotations. <\/p>\n
Consider these: <\/p>\n
Theories<\/p>\n
Foucault\u2019s theory of discourse and how it creates meaning and \u201ctruth\u201d <\/p>\n
Foucault\u2019s theory of discourse and how it creates \u201cidentity positions\u201d people can occupy<\/p>\n
Marist critique (capitalism, economics, exploitation) <\/p>\n
Race analysis<\/p>\n
Feminist theories<\/p>\n
Rhetorical theory<\/p>\n
Structuralism (binary oppositions, power imbalance)<\/p>\n
Psychological theory (identity, fetishism, anything Freud said) <\/p>\n
You very well may have learned of others in your methods and theory class. You can use those as well.<\/p>\n
Topics\/Concepts<\/p>\n
Identity<\/p>\n
Race\/Racism<\/p>\n
Sex\/Gender<\/p>\n
Sexism<\/p>\n
Class<\/p>\n
Power <\/p>\n
Knowledge<\/p>\n
Truth <\/p>\n
Representation \u2013art, museum, social media, all media, photos, etc.<\/p>\n
And lots more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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