Sociology

Instructions

Project 2: Sociological Analysis of Cultural Representations of Race and Ethnicity, including film, sitcoms, music videos, paintings, photographs and etc. (24% of total course grade)

Project 2 requirements:

You will analyze a film, music, paintings, and photographs, etc. of your choice from cultural representations of race and ethnicity from the sociological perspective. You will probe the purposes of cultural creators and the impact those representations have on our perceptions of race and ethnicity in America and in the world, and pay special attention to (mis)representation and stereotypes. Your project should have five sections, as follows:

· Introduction: an introductory paragraph that brings the reader's attention to the film, the music, the paintings, and photographs, etc. that you will address and why it is meaningful to race and ethnicity issues. 

· A brief overview: the explanation with the assumption that the reader has not seen and heard about the one you are analyzing.

· Application of sociological concepts (4-6 paragraphs): Discuss at least 7 concepts and/or theories from our course that can be applied to shed light on aspects of the one you analyzed. Please underline these concepts, explain them well, and then apply them to specific aspects of the one you analyzed with the contexts.

· Conclusion: Draw together the ideas from your paper in an interesting way that gives the reader insight into what you have learned from this project.

· References and in-text citations: You must cite your sources and include a reference list of the sources you used in APA style. You can review the guidelines for citing sources in APA style

Notes:

· Please attach the copy of those images to your paper if you are analyzing paintings or photographs.

· Select appropriate source material. Locate a minimum of four academic and non academic sources written within the last ten years.