Posted: December 6th, 2014
identity construction and a politics of difference directed towards social change
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This assignment asks you to make an argument about identity construction and a politics of difference directed towards social change by analyzing either of the
following in conjunction with ONE related and relevant reading (see below):
• An artist’s official music video* of your choice found on youtube/vimeo
• A social media artifact* tied to an identity issue that calls for change or action (this could be a Tumblr or Instagram or Reddit or Twitter or a specific hashtag
that is in wide distribution)
Your essay should
o Be driven by a clear and cogent thesis about your media choice (visuals, text/lyrics, etc.) and its construction and representation of identity (subculture,
race/ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality) and or social change/activism
o Examine how a politics of identity and/or social change functions as a central theme in your media choice
o Analyze the significance of the representation of identity or the articulation of a politics of change based on your thesis
o Support the analysis of your video or social media example with at least TWO relevant quotations from one of the readings below. These quotations should be clearly
contextualized and analyzed in relation to your thesis.
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