Hi all,
Please read Sarah Kurchak's "No, I'm Not Glamorizing My Autism" for Tuesday. The link is below:
"No, I'm Not Glamorizing My Autism"
Remember, this coming Thursday we have a class peer review for the third paper, so make sure you're also working on your rough drafts. Feel free to email or stop by office hours if you have any questions.
See you in class,
Greenlee
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Third Paper Prompt and Resources
Hi all,
Here is the prompt for your third paper.
Words and Pictures: The Perception of Disability
In our discussions of disability, we haven’t concerned ourselves with the strictly medical/physiological experiences of disability. Instead, we’ve concentrated on how disability as a social category is perceived and perpetuated through language and images, and even how particular conditions are defined or declassified as disabilities over time.
In 5-7 pages, select a condition or experience that’s been defined or perceived as a disability, and explain its cultural interpretation: how it has been portrayed/treated in society.
Conduct original research on your chosen example. You will have to find TWO SOURCES minimum. One of these three sources must be a secondary source on your chosen topic: a scholarly article, academic book chapter, academic paper, etc. One of these three sources must be a primary source about your chosen topic: a film, novel, biography/memoir, essay, graphic novel, etc.In writing about the cultural interpretation of a disability, there are a few questions you can ask yourself to develop your argument:
You will have to support your position through these analyses, and pinpoint how language and images have shaped social perceptions of disability. You must use 12 point font, reasonable margins, and conform to MLA standards for quoting, citation, and bibliography.
ROUGH DRAFT: 4/3
FINAL DRAFT: 4/12
PAPER RESOURCES:
I have emailed all of you a PDF of the Disability Studies Reader, I highly recommend looking over the table of contents for the Disabilities studies reader to look for any articles that might be helpful to you. I said in the assignment description that you have to use at least two secondary sources, so an effective way to structure your paper might be to use a scholarly article for your chosen condition, and apply it to a primary source, like a book or a film or a commercial or an image.
Here's a link to a list of films/documentaries/TV/media around people with different disabilities, to get you started on finding a primary source:
Disability in Media: A List
Here is the prompt for your third paper.
Words and Pictures: The Perception of Disability
In our discussions of disability, we haven’t concerned ourselves with the strictly medical/physiological experiences of disability. Instead, we’ve concentrated on how disability as a social category is perceived and perpetuated through language and images, and even how particular conditions are defined or declassified as disabilities over time.
In 5-7 pages, select a condition or experience that’s been defined or perceived as a disability, and explain its cultural interpretation: how it has been portrayed/treated in society.
Conduct original research on your chosen example. You will have to find TWO SOURCES minimum. One of these three sources must be a secondary source on your chosen topic: a scholarly article, academic book chapter, academic paper, etc. One of these three sources must be a primary source about your chosen topic: a film, novel, biography/memoir, essay, graphic novel, etc.In writing about the cultural interpretation of a disability, there are a few questions you can ask yourself to develop your argument:
- What words, phrases and labels have been applied? How have they changed over time? How does this language influence your example’s reception in popular culture?
- What images (in film, television, the news, social/political events) are available?
- What qualities or features are communicated through these images? Frailty? Immorality? Animality? Weakness?
You will have to support your position through these analyses, and pinpoint how language and images have shaped social perceptions of disability. You must use 12 point font, reasonable margins, and conform to MLA standards for quoting, citation, and bibliography.
ROUGH DRAFT: 4/3
FINAL DRAFT: 4/12
PAPER RESOURCES:
I have emailed all of you a PDF of the Disability Studies Reader, I highly recommend looking over the table of contents for the Disabilities studies reader to look for any articles that might be helpful to you. I said in the assignment description that you have to use at least two secondary sources, so an effective way to structure your paper might be to use a scholarly article for your chosen condition, and apply it to a primary source, like a book or a film or a commercial or an image.
Here's a link to a list of films/documentaries/TV/media around people with different disabilities, to get you started on finding a primary source:
Disability in Media: A List
Reading For Thursday
Hi all,
Please read the following article on depression by Alana Massey for Thursday. The link is below:
The Circumference of Despair: On Depression and Language
Please bring along at least TWO discussion questions.
Best,
Greenlee
Please read the following article on depression by Alana Massey for Thursday. The link is below:
The Circumference of Despair: On Depression and Language
Please bring along at least TWO discussion questions.
Best,
Greenlee
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Diane Arbus, Deviance, and "Outsiders"
Hi all,
I've sent the reading for Tuesday, David Hevey's "The Enfreakment of Photography," to your email. Since she's one of the main subjects of the reading, here's some information about and photos from Diane Arbus.
Diane Arbus was an NYC-based photographer who, before committing suicide in 1971 at the age of 48, was extremely well-known for her stark portraits of "deviants" (transgender people, transvestites, nudists), children and families, and social outcasts or "freaks." One can view her works in many ways: exploitation? mere exploration? shedding a light on people we'd usually ignore? tragic? comic? Arbus once said her pictures were meant to express "the space between who someone is and who they think they are," but where do we, as spectators, fit into this relationship?
Here are some short articles if you're interested in Arbus:
A Fresh Look at Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus: Visionary Voyeurism
And here are some photographs by Arbus. As you're looking at them, start thinking about what questions you'd like to ask about them, or what points of discussion you can come up with for class on Tuesday.
I've sent the reading for Tuesday, David Hevey's "The Enfreakment of Photography," to your email. Since she's one of the main subjects of the reading, here's some information about and photos from Diane Arbus.
Diane Arbus was an NYC-based photographer who, before committing suicide in 1971 at the age of 48, was extremely well-known for her stark portraits of "deviants" (transgender people, transvestites, nudists), children and families, and social outcasts or "freaks." One can view her works in many ways: exploitation? mere exploration? shedding a light on people we'd usually ignore? tragic? comic? Arbus once said her pictures were meant to express "the space between who someone is and who they think they are," but where do we, as spectators, fit into this relationship?
Here are some short articles if you're interested in Arbus:
A Fresh Look at Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus: Visionary Voyeurism
And here are some photographs by Arbus. As you're looking at them, start thinking about what questions you'd like to ask about them, or what points of discussion you can come up with for class on Tuesday.
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