Assignment: Women Studies Project
Select two to four specific historical artifacts from our course textbook* and develop a focused cultural analysis based on one of the following five topics:
o How does the intersection of gender and economic or social class inform the construction or creation of visual or written artifacts from a specific historical period?
o How does the intersection of gender and ethnicity, "race," or national origin inform the construction or creation of visual or written artifacts from a specific historical period?
o How are attitudes and approaches to gender expressed differently across the generations? (Please select artifacts that are at least 35 years apart.)
o How are attitudes and approaches to gender represented differently in diverse geographic regions within the United States (e.g. North-South; East Coast-Western territories; urban-rural)?
o How have specific male historical figures contributed to and/or productively informed women's rights movements in the United States and what does this reveal about the construction of gender in our culture?
The blue framed pages at the end of each chapter offer the best starting point for identifying specific historical artifacts, although students may also select material from within the chapters so long as that material is a specific artifact and not general textbook passages. Specific artifacts most likely are: paintings, photographs, advertisements, letters, first person accounts, newspaper columns, poems, legal briefs, trial transcripts, or political documents.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.