Descriiption: Write a 6-7 page research paper on a specific topic of interest related to Women and Religion, which focuses on an issue, concept, practice, or concern that relates to Feminist, Womanist, Mujerista, and/or Intercultural approaches to religion, and which engages the lenses used in the course.
Purpose: To research a specific issue, concept, practice, or concern from within a particular religion, situate it historically, and engage it with women’s specific experiences, contributions, and participation in mind. To integrate the ideas and critical lenses discussed in the class into the contexts that are most relevant to you. (women and religion)
Instructions: In your paper, you should propose and defend a specific, substantive, arguable interpretive thesis within the bounds of the topic you choose. As you research, read, and study, you will formulate and sharpen a specific thesis relating the topic and the sources you have chosen. Your research should include at least 3–4 academic sources, half of which can come from the class readings.
Paper should:
Introduce the issue within its context ; you may provide the historical, religious, and/or other contextual dynamics that frame and help the reader better understand the topic
Describe the embodiment and/or impact the issue has on individual and/or communal lives
Explore the issue’s significance for the current day and, if applicable, your own context
Analyze how the issue contributes to or limits the transformation of the religious tradition and the particular communities it affects
Include your own analysis and reflection on the issue/topic (no more than 1-2 pages at the end)
In all these aspects, engage the issue/topic from a womanist, feminist, mujerista, and/or intercultural perspective and highlight the relevant Experience/s, Sources of Authority, and Participation/Subversion related to your issue/topic as reflected in your research.
6-7 full pages (bibliography/works cited page separate)
Typed, double‐spaced
Standard 12‐pt. font (Times New Roman) 1” margins all around
Proper citations — Consult the helpful “Guidelines for Writing Assignments” included under Library, Research, and Writing Resources.
Include Self-assessment
NO PLAGIARISM OR AI ALLOWED
Category: Women and gender studies
Using any part of Jeffrey Weeks (“Sexuality in History”), Susan Stryker (“Subjugated” Knowledges”), or the essays by Foucault, and no fewer than two other readings from the syllabus, explain how identity is socially constructed by the knowledge of sexuality–or the medical ideas associated with sexology. You might find the readings by Freud and Krafft-Ebing helpful here, as well. Argue for the ways in which identity differs from behavior, and the ways in which “official” versus “unofficial” knowledge informs sexuality as an institution—or a set of rules. Illustrate these two ideas—the “social construction” of sexuality and the significance of sexuality-as-knowledge—by pointing to a specific example from any unit in our readings. Your answer should account for geographic and chronological specificity, and the example you use should distinguish clearly between gender identity (like cisgender versus transgender identity) and identity based on sexual orientation (like bisexual, lesbian, or gay identity). In addition to accounting for the complexity of regional differences, incorporate an analysis of race or class where appropriate. (Do not use any other sources than those mentioned and attached)
900-1000 words.
You will be creating this assignment as your final:a letter to an ancestor, a descendant named after you such as a grandchild. You will use the language, concepts, and ideas that you have taken from the course and integrate it with what you feel are important lessons to share.You are speaking to them at age 18. Share your thoughts on gender and sexuality, what would you want them to know and be prepared with, including:
Tell them your intersecting identities – gender, sex, and more – and what they mean today in our society and culture-tell them what that may mean for them as they grow. Be sure to include your definition of intersectionality after taking this class.
Explain systemic injustice or inequality today in the lives of women+ that we covered in the course that you feel are unjust or misunderstood and hope have changed by their time.
Use 10 quotations from class readings, citing them fully in text and in a works cited. The Reading Responses will help immensely with this.
Share with them a woman+ of our time or two that inspires or highlights a point you are making and you hope are remembered in hxstory.
Consider your own ancestors, a grandmother or parent who have gone before you. In reflection of the weeks we have spent talking about the history of gender, bodies, and sexuality often being full of violence, colonization, resistance, creativity, love and resilience for generations before us, consider what a grandmother 5 generations before you had survived. Your oral history project may help with this final.
Take time to write a letter and process it all.
2-3 pages. Double spaced. Times New Roman. MLA Format.
text- Cisneros House on Mango Street (any version)
Can you edit my essay by following these instructions and the edits my professor made, please?
1. Separate your consideration of SB’s life and her legacy (I made a note of this in your intro). Try to be explicit and precise about where your essay seeks to intervene–what’s your thesis? I think it was going to be about how different actors have made meaning of SB’s life. The articulation of your thesis could be longer and more thorough–how exactly does each of the three actors (Cuvier, Alexander, Mbeki) you work with make meaning of SB?
2. Make sure you are characterizing SB’s life correctly. She was not Cesar’s slave. Also, it is very important to Magubane’s essay that SB was not understood to be “Black” during her lifetime, but rather as a specific other racialized category of person (“Hottentot”–today, “Khoe”). You do not have to agree with Magubane, but you should at least acknowledge her point since her essay is one of your sources.
I suggest rereading Scully and Crais, and Magubane, to make sure you are accurately portraying the basic facts of her life accurately.
3. I think you can do more with Alexander’s poem, which is a great text. There is more to say! It also could be useful to quote Mbeki, so you can say some more precise things about what he was publically claiming about SB and her repatriation.
4. Be sure to proofread well. In particular, make sure you are spelling names correctly, consistently, and that you are correctly formatting your quotations according to MLA style. You do need page numbers in all in-text citations. I suggest making two appointments with the Writing Center–one for sometime soon to help with revision, and one later (week of April 29 perhaps), to help you proofread thoroughly.
5. This is more a point of disagreement. I would like you to think more about the 19th-century European idea that SB was actually very different because of her race. She may not have had “excess fat” or special genitalia, but rather these men made this racist and sexist myth/fantasy. I think Amanda Swarr wrote about this in our reading for last semester.
This paper should be 5 pages in length, double spaced, standard margins and fonts. For your final paper, you should select any topic relevant to gender studies and discuss it in terms of the class theories and readings. Please do not reuse your reflection papers – this should be something new. Here are some general topics you might use as ideas:
Abortion and reproductive rights
Parenting and gender equity
Education and gender Media tropes and gender (for instance, analyze the “manic pixie dream girl” trope in terms of the theories, or one of the archetypes from Collins, etc.) Masculinity and violence
If you need help or want to run ideas by the instructor, please do not hesitate to share your ideas or brainstorm via message or on the discussion board.
This paper is the second short analysis of the semester. Attached are all of the needed readings, as well as the instructions. PLEASE NOTE: the instructions outline week 2-5 as they outline how the assignment needs to be done – this paper will be based on weeks 8-11!!!!! I have provided a screenshot of the weeks/topics as well. Please try to keep this under 500 words (400-500 words). No outside sources can be used. Only what I have provided. You can either use a scene from either of the videos linked below, an image, or a quote from the readings to write the short analysis about. Please also reference the powerpoint provided to tie back to course material. Video links: https://youtu.be/ZhdTAwkDu1Q
(let me know if you have issues opening – they are both Beyonce videos). All of the attached documents (readings, music videos, lecture) must all be cited in MLA (if they are used). Please see the short analysis guidelines/screenshot for all details before writing. Let me know if you would like articles from additional weeks for support. Thanks!!
These should have a title of your choice, a brief summary in a complete paragraph giving title of the reading and the author, four direct quotations from the text (with page number), and last, respond briefly to two of the following questions:
What were my first impressions and personal responses of the reading?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the essay/article/chapter?
What are the major points or themes of the essay/article/chapter?
What are some significant passages that support the main themes of the essay/article/chapter?
If I chose an aspect of this text to further research or Google, what would it be, and why?
How does the reading relate to my own ethnicity, class, and gender experiences?
In what ways can I link the reading to the contemporary world? To another reading?
What interesting fact or significant idea from this text would I choose to share with a relative or friend?
Do I like the material? Why or why not?
What don’t I understand? What questions do I have?
These responses should be a FULL page typed double spaced. Grading is complete/incomplete. I encourage you to take these reading responses seriously. It will play a major role in shaping class discussion and will also have the added benefit of being helpful in your writing assignments. Reading Responses are due every week.
Read https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/08/charts-gender-inequality-women-deliver/
Answer
What is most surprising differences between women then and now? What about between women in various parts of the world?
Discuss why this topic is important, how it has evolved from its original Aztec and Mayan roots to the celebration it is now. The original tradition was much more humble and signified the young girl was ready to be wed and carry children, which is in stark contrast to the extravagant parties seen today. Be sure also to consider how this topic connects to broader societal issues, both negatively and positively and what we can learn from it as a society. For example, it could explore how the evolving nature of the tradition reflects broader changes in gender norms, cultural values, and social practices within Latino communities. Further reflect on the complex dynamics of cultural identity and heritage. Please make sure to cite from the two sources provided, and feel free to use your own with added citation.
Topic: How do societal norms and cultural expectations influence the dynamics of power within marital relationships, and what implications does this have for individual autonomy and gender equality?
– need to make sure the learning objectives fit in with the course material as listed on the syllabus I have attached the syllabus to this,
– this is a video presentation, I will be doing the presentation video which is 10-12 minutes long so the content needs to be around that length for me to film.
– Video presentations will be a min of 10/max of 12 mins long. Videos should be recorded on a phone, computer or similar device and consist of you (and no one else) speaking into the camera. Your focus should be on content, not on producing a professional quality video. Editing and graphics will be appreciated by viewers but are unnecessary.
Key Elements of Video:
– Clearly introduce your topic/research question.
– Explain why your topic/research question is important. Why should we care? How does it relate to course objectives (see page 1 of syllabus)?
– Provide an analysis of your findings.
– Summarize in a conclusion.
APA citation
– the sources mainly use class material sources and some peer reviweed sources. Needs to be very insightful. I have attached those below as well. Need to have a reference page APA