Discuss the relationship between media and difference (national, class, racial, ethnic and/or gender).

Discussion the relationship between media and difference (national, class, racial, ethnic and/or gender).
Answer with in-depth analysis of the assigned texts and films. Refer to specific authors and ethnographic case studies from weeks 2-8. This assignment is designed to demonstrate knowledge of the assignments; do not use any other sources. Films screened in class should be incorporated but should not form the bulk of your analysis. A bibliography of all sources used must be included at the end of the essay (see syllabus and paper guidelines for examples of bibliographic citations).

Week 2 Mass media: foundation: texts concepts, contexts
Adorno, T.W. 1954 “how to look at television” the quarterly of film radio and television

McLuhan, Marshall (1964) 2002 “the medium is the message” in Kelly Askew and Richard R. Wilk eds. The Anthropology of media. Malden: Blackwell pp 18-26

Ginsberg, Faye. 2005 media anthropology. Media Anthropology. An Introduction. Rothenbuhler Eric W and Mihai Coman, eds Media Anthropology. Thousand Oaks, Ca: sage pp17-25
Screening 1990 Nanook Revisited. Claude Massot and Sebastian Regnier, drs USA

Week 3 Anderson Benedict 1991 introduction and cultural roots “in imagined communities reflection on the origins and spread of nationalism London verso pp 1-37
Salamandra, Christa. 1998 ” Moustache Hairs Lost: Ramadan Television serials and construction of identity in Damascus, Syria “visual anthropology 10(2-4): 227-246

Week 4
Armburst, Walter 1998 “when the lights go down in Cairo: cinema as secular ritual “visual anthropology 10(2-4) 413-442

Spitulnick, Deborah 2004 “mobile machines and fluid audience: rethinking and reception through Zambian radio culture. “In Faye D Ginsburg, Lila Abu-lughod and Brian Larkin,eds media worlds: Anthropology on new Berkeley: university of California press pp 319-336

Week 5
Askew Kelly m 2004 ” striking samburu and a mad cow: adventures in anthropohollywood. R Shryock, Ed pp 31-68

Ganti, Tejaswani 2012 “sentiments of disdain and practices of distinction pp5-43
Screening: 1997 the watermelon woman. Cheryle Dunye dr USA

Week 6
The color of sex… lutz, Catherine A and Jane L Collins 2002

Taylor, Erin B 2009 poverty as a danger: fear of crimes in santo Domingo

Screening 2003 the Bronze screen 100 years of Latin image in Hollywood: Alberto Dominguez

Paper guidelines

Write for a general, public audience. Imagine your reader as a smart person who knows nothing about the subject. Better yet, imagine your reader as a potential employer, a lawyer or a company executive who will hire you on the basis of your self-expression. Do not refer to the class. Write as formally as possible. This means no contractions, careful grammar and correct punctuation.

Introduction:

This acts as a road map for your essay. It should not be too broad and sweeping. Don not start with such phrases as throughout history, or Since the beginning of time. You would not want a map of the Bronx to include Asia and Australia. It should set up the topic and argument clearly and simply (but not informally).

Body:

This develops and provides evidence for your argument. Each sentence should refer to what comes before and after it in a logical flow. Be specific. Tell the reader who, what, where, when.

Sentences:
Write short, crisp clear sentences. Long, complicated constructions do not sound more intelligent; they often appear incoherent.

Tenses:
Use the present tense (is rather than was) unless referring to a specific event in the past.

Make sure tenses and numbers agree:

Men were considered closer to culture, while women are seen as closer to nature.

Should read:

Men are considered closer to culture, while women are seen as closer to nature.

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