Final Topic Proposal

Final Topic Proposal (150 pts): Your final project will analyze a popular culture event, product, artifact, campaign etc. (examples: Guardians of the Galaxy, Robin Williams’ death, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, etc.) from an intersectional (meaning using multiple frames of analysis) point of view. Your analysis must cover as many “lenses” (i.e. Marxist analysis, Feminist analysis, Queer analysis, Racial analysis, etc.) as possible and discuss how these lenses intertwine. Post a 250-500 word proposal on Canvas covering: 

a.) what the object of your analysis is (30 pts)
b.) the background and context of the object (30 pts)
c.) the media context of the object (30 pts) (where it was covered, when, by whom, how it was treated differently on different platforms)
d.) your personal connection to the object (why it is of interest to you) (30 pts)
e.) what various critical lenses are applicable to the object (30 pts)

*possible lenses include, but are not limited to:

• Marxist Analysis (how capitalism/the need for profit impacts culture)
• Class Analysis (how different classes are treated or represented differently in culture)
• Feminist Analysis (how different genders are treated or represented differently in culture)
• Queer Analysis (how different sexual identities are treated or represented differently in culture)
• Racial Analysis (how different races are treated or represented differently in culture)
• Religious Analysis (how different religions are treated or represented differently in culture)
• Nationalist Analysis (how different nationalities are treated or represented differently in culture)