Essay Assignment: Psychology and Education- Psychology
Topic: Cultural Artificial analysis
CULTURAL ARTIFACT ANALYSIS
Psychology of Women
A cultural artifact is an everyday item that constructs gender (and/or race, sexuality, class) in interesting, surprising, or predictable ways. You might collect a greeting card, cereal box, wedding announcement, Quinceañera invitation, coloring book, children's toy, or anything that you can discuss and analyze according to gender.
You will use one artifact (or two if you want to make a comparison) and write a paper (approximately 3 to 4 pages of double-spaced text). Your analysis should address the following questions and any additional comments and discussion of the object you can provide:
o What lessons does the object teach us about gender?
o In what ways/how does it teach the lessons?
o What stereotypes about women or men are perpetuated with the object? How are the stereotypes conveyed?
o Is there a hidden meaning (subtext) that differs from the overt message or meaning?
o What section in our text relates to the artifact and how does the reading help you understand the artifact?
Your analysis should be specific and detailed and will utilize class materials such as textbook readings or films to help with your analysis. Please refer to page numbers when citing information from our readings. Be sure to include a photo of the artifact with your paper submission (you can copy an image or screenshot of the item into your document). As part of your analysis, explain where you got the artifact-if it's from a magazine, state the source; if online, state the site.
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.