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Outline (using either Bullet Points or Bubble Mapping) an essay that you are writing that “Challenges a Widely Accepted Element of Pop Culture”. This is a complex idea, but after watching some Wisecrack, it should become clearer. Is Star Wars racist? Is Commander Shepard being indoctrinated by the Reapers? What’s […]

This week’s readings focus on Chicana sexuality, patriarchal oppression, internalized colonization, religion, and culture. In Black skirts, Dark Slacks and Brown knees, Catherine Ramirez argues that traditional gender roles, were repeatedly challenged by the dress, speech, and actions of Pachuca’s. Rodriguez argues that the Pachuca represented a threat to the […]

Form & Format: This is to be an essay of 4 double-spaced pages. Use only Times New Roman size 12 font with 1-inch margins This is an analysis paper and should not include your opinions or impressions (and as such should not include personal pronouns such as “I”). The purpose […]

Writing Assignment for Unit One • Include your name, student number, course number, course title and unit number with your writing assignment. • Begin each writing assignment by identifying the question number you are answering followed by the actual question itself (in bold type). • Use a standard essay format […]

Use the example of Google (and the somewhat newly coined, popular verb “to google”) to explain the process of “genericization” and discuss its implications. 1. How might a company such as Google prevent the term “to google” from becoming generic? 2. What would the effects be, should the term become […]

Remember, all the selected readings need to be highly relevant to your research question. It is very important that you use scholarly books and journals The suggested format of the Annotated Bibliography is: a) An introductory paragraph that will answer the following questions: What is your topic and/or research question? […]