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From the three options below, select one essay to answer.
Note: there are no vocabulary words
 
 
Essay option 1: the Mercator and Gail-Peters map of the world
 
When considering maps of Earth, the Mercator projection map has shaped our perception of the continents’ shape and size in relation to one another. In the early 1970s, the Peters projection map (also known as the Gail-Peters projection map) was introduced; it represents all countries in their true size and proportion. Many faith-based and social justice organizations are in favour of this map because it is more accurate than the Mercator, and it brings to light Eurocentric ideologies at work. When we approach maps as a form (or construction) of knowledge, the Mercator seems natural, universal, and true; the Gail-Peters seems strange, distorted, and even disorienting to our current perceptions of the world.
 
 • Comment upon each map as form of knowledge, that is, describe and discuss how each map presents a particular view of the world including values, ruling powers, and prejudices. Make at least 2 key points for each map. Can a map be Eurocentric—how? Can it be Racist—how?
 
 • If you had to pick any world map to use, which one would it be—and why? (it doesn’t have to be the Mercator or the Gail-Peters). One suggested source: http://staff.unak.is/not/tom/Docs/seeing_thru.pdf
 
Essay option 2: official painted portraits of Queen Elizabeth I
 
In Queen Elizabeth I’s official painted portraits, she is not depicted as an individual but rather as abstract principles of her rule that are derived from cosmology, religion, and classical mythology. Using either the Rainbow Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (c 1600-1602) or The Ditchley Portrait (1592), describe and discuss three key ways she is constructed to affirm she is a legitimate, capable, and powerful female ruler. You may refer to other diagrams of paintings to support your answer. To contextualize your answer, provide background about the challenges she faced when she ascended to the throne, and the pressures Parliament placed upon her to marry. To help get you started (link to articles on pbworks)
 
• John N. King, "Queen Elizabeth I: Representations of the Virgin Queen"
 
• Catherine L. Howey, "Dressing a Virgin Queen: Court Women, Dress, and Fashioning the Image of England's Queen Elizabeth I"
 
 • Daniel Fischlin, 'Political Allegory, Absolutist Ideology, and the 'Rainbow Portrait' of QueenElizabeth I"
 
Essay option 3: comic books
 
In addition to being entertainment, we can understand ideology and cultural history through comics, as well as the social concerns of that historical moment. From Duke University’s online exhibition, Comic Book Cultures (2005) http://library.duke.edu/exhibits/comicbookcultures/ select one particular decade (i.e., the 1950s) and then describe, discuss, and analyze three key ways that comics reflect the social concerns of that particular decade (narrative or storyline, characters, actions, etc.).
 
For proof, select one particular issue and elaborate upon how the character or the narrative illustrates your ideas. NOTE: You MUST include images of your comic images with your essay answer.
 
its around 600 words.
 
 
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