Pick from the following themes:
gender inequality
acculturation/ modernity
coming of age
Gender roles
poverty/ inequality
You must write a research question and pose this question in your introduction. Then, you will answer the questions through your research and whatever films you choose. Use the movie guide (below) and sociological concepts list (below) for this paper. Spend time developing your ideas as this is a major paper of the course grade. This submission should be at least
8 pages in length
. You must use at least
6 academic
sources.
Research question and films must be pre-approved by my professor before to proceed please
*no Disney movies or animation for the final assignment!!
Movie Guide
What are the various clothing types worn in the film? What are the differences of male and female clothing at different events? What assumptions can you make sociologically about these?
What are the social status markers in the film (jobs of the characters, education, house, etc)?
How do the main characters interact with their peers? What language is spoken with peers?
How do the main characters interact with elders? With their parents, in-laws, bosses, etc?
Do the main characters have a modern or traditional perspective in thinking?
What is the presence of religion(s)?
How are foreigners portrayed?
What sort of transportation do the characters use in the film?
What are the themes of the movie?
Are these modern problems or more traditional? Relevant today?
How is poverty depicted?
How are different social classes depicted (what are the markers)?
What language do they speak in most of the time? What about the narration (if applicable)? Is the English similar to how we speak?
How are women portrayed in the movie? (More of an object or an intellectual person)
Are the situations relevant to our culture? How so?
Is there a sense of nationalism in the film? If yes, in what ways are they portrayed?
What non-verbal communication is used (similar or different to ours)?
What morals are portrayed in the film?
What brand names are displayed in the film?
What type of corruption (if any) is depicted in the film?
What have you learned about the culture from this particular film? What about culture and globalism and society?
List of Sociological Concepts:
1. Accommodation.
2. Acculturation
3. Alienation
4. Anomie
5. Ascribed Status.
6. Assimilation
7. Authority
8. Beliefs
9. Bureaucracy
10. Closed System
11. Group Identity
12. Collective Behavior
13. Conflict Theory
14. Cultural Pluralism
15. Cultural Relativism
16. Ethnocentrism
17. False Consciousness
18. Feminist Theory
19. Heterosexism
20. Gender Inequality
21. Gender Socialization
22. Groupthink
23. Impression Management
24. Nonverbal Communication
25. Prejudice
26. Presentation of Self
27. Primary Group
28. Primary Socialization
29. Racism
30. Reference Group
31. Role Conflict
32. Social Conflict
33. Social Deviance
34. Social Mobility
35. Social Movements
36. Social Networks
37. Socio-economic Status (SES)
38. Social Stratification
39. Stereotype
40. Structural Functionalism