Category: Gender studies

Please submit an 8-12 pages paper, in double space, comparing the key themes, arguments, and methodology in 
Steel’s Digital Black Feminism e Power and Fragility of Networked Protests. 
https://www.twitterandteargas.org/downloads/twitter-and-tear-gas-by-zeynep-tufekci.pdf
The review should be more than a summary of each of the two books.
You should identify and discuss the authors’ key argument(s) and comment on each author’s scope, methodology, and research methods.  
The writing should be clear, concise, and accessible to grammatical and other mistakes.  
This review should not be a mere summary of each book. You should
1) have a clear introduction and conclusion summarizing your review (5%).
2)You should outline the content of each chapter briefly (5%), 
3)identify and discuss the key argument(s) the authors are making (5%), 
4)and comment on the methodology and research methods each author used (5%). 
5)Importantly, you should use a comparative analysis of the content of the two books (7%).
Your review must demonstrate and reflect your knowledge of some of the theories and themes we discussed during the semester (5%).
Your writing should be clear, concise, and accessible of grammatical and other mistakes (3%).

Content:
This semester, we have discussed various approaches to understanding women’s relationship to, and
participation in, political violence. We have discussed the political motivations for several revolutionary
groups and their understanding of political violence and have placed them into a historical and political
context. We have also read and discussed feminist challenges to the justification of political violence. The
assignment of the final paper is an in-depth analysis of either the gender politics of one particular political
group that committed political violence; an analysis of a particular woman who was/is a member of a group
committing political violence, or an analysis of the debate on women and violence (“theory” paper).
Topic #1:
Pick a political group whose members were/are advocating and committing political violence as part of
their political agenda, and discuss them in terms of gender, using a feminist analytical lens. You can choose
either a group we have discussed in the course of the semester, or a group we did not cover. Either way,
make sure to provide a historical and political context for your discussion.
Topic #2:
Decide on a female member of a revolutionary group and discuss her participation in political violence.
You can choose either a woman we already discussed in the course of the semester or identify a woman
you would like to write on. You need to provide information on the group she participated in and create a
historical and political context for your discussion of the relevance of her gender in her political work.
When deciding on a group and/or a specific female figure, consider the information available on their
actions and their group dynamics (existing publications, mission statements and personal documents by
members of the group, memoirs etc.). For these two particular assignments, the more information is
available, the better for an in-depth analysis.
Topic #3:
You can also write your paper as a more general examination of women’s relationship to political violence.
Formulate an argument around women’s (historical) participation in political violence and develop and
support it throughout your paper. In your discussion, consider controversies around issues such as
masculinity and femininity in revolutionary identities, different concepts on the source of women’s
oppression and liberation, women’s relationship to nation and nationalism, the definition of feminism, and
women’s social role as mothers and primary caretakers.
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If you would like to formulate a research topic not included in the three topics explained above, you
need to meet with me and discuss your ideas before you can decide on that particular focus.
Sources:
You can use any text we have covered this semester to substantiate your argument. I encourage you to use
the assigned readings as a departure point for your outside research for your paper (3-4 readings).
You need to incorporate at least five outside sources into your paper. These five sources cannot be from
the Internet, but should be texts from print media (i.e., academic journals). If you come across an online
journal, make sure it is peer-reviewed (usually edited through a university). The quality of your sources
will influence the quality of your research (ergo, your grade) – e.g., a thoroughly researched article in an
academic journal will give you different insights into the matter than a newspaper article. The sources also
need to be from different authors – several chapters in one book are considered one source.
You need to have a bibliography (works cited) at the end of your paper that lists every source that has
informed your analysis. Including your outside sources and texts we have covered in class you should be
drawing on 8-9 texts in your paper. Cite and/or quote your sources throughout your paper, so it is clear
what information you are collecting to build your argument, while ensuring that your voice (your argument)
remains distinct.
Format:
Standard format: 1-inch margins at top/bottom, and 1/1.25 left/right, 12 font, double spaced, page numbers,
course name and number, instructor’s name and date. Have a title for your paper – it sets up your reader
and helps you clarify what you are writing about.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/41675328.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A9fbbe97a4c04a6a528baf54c05ecef0e&ab_segments=&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1

In chapter one, Marilyn Frye argues, “The experience of oppressed people is that the living of one’s life is confined
and shaped by forces and barriers which are not accidental or occasional and hence avoidable but are systematically related to each other in such a way as to catch one between and among them and restrict or penalize motion in any direction. It is the experience of being caged in: all avenues, in every direction, are blocked or booby-trapped (15).
In the song, the woman has endured years of abuse at the hands of her husband.  She experiences intentional control tactics through yelling, cursing, and beatings. As Frye argues, the woman perceives herself as “trapped,” and commits murder/suicide to protect her daughter from experiencing the same. 
The above reference is an example of what I want you to do for 10 chapters.  That means you should have a first slide that has the title of your presentation, your name, the course number, and the date.   Then you should have a slide for each of the ten chapters.  Each slide should have a term that strongly represents the chapter and a connection to the lyrics in any song you choose to demonstrate that the artist is addressing the concept or term you have identified.   Finally, you should have a conclusion slide that talks about your experience connecting the music lyrics and/or videos to the concepts in the textbook.  Lastly, you should have a bibliographic page with all of the references you make from the textbook to support the ideas connected to the songs. I will post an example of a PowerPoint.  Please go to Pages, then click on View all Pages, and find PowerPoint Examples.  
Analyzing video content for feminist/womanist-themed assertions.  Utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation. Importing audio/ video content. Citing illustrations, video, and music.  Tying music assertions to scholarly articles.  You must cite at least one essay per concept
Find one song for each of the concepts you want to demonstrate.  You can choose to use one Artist and different songs by the artist.  Or you could choose a different song by a different artist for every concept.  You will use the lyrics to represent the concept you have chosen, and you can demonstrate how the lyrics represent the concept by connecting it to the essay you choose.  Begin writing.  Arrange the concept and the chapter it is associated with on your PowerPoint pages. Focus on term definitions and the lyrics that best express that concept in your text.  Through content analysis, you will be required to identify one or more artists in the music genre of your choice.  You will analyze the themes and messages conveyed regarding lived experiences, inequality, empowerment, discrimination, etc…  Students will investigate the lyrics for content relevant to the terms, theories, and other course-related information.  The issues we discuss throughout the semester will become very important for your final presentation.  The integration of ideas from the required readings and ideas from the artist’s lyrics will allow you to show how academic questions are often articulated in popular culture.   

Its an Researcehd Argumewntative essay so you need to argue why Moreau hold the most power and why there are not many female characters in the novel. Here are some sources: 
Figgins, Kristen. “‘Are We Not
Men?’: Science, Sympathy, and Women in Adaptations of H.G. Well’s The Island
of Dr. Moreau.” LFQ, 2019,
lfq.salisbury.edu/_issues/47_3/are_we_not_men_science_sympathy_and_women_in_adaptations_hg_wells.html.
Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
“Gender and Power
Dynamics.” University of Auckland, www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/student-support/personal-support/be-well/healthy-relationships/gender-and-power-dynamics.html. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
Harper Webb, Charles.
“Power Dynamics in Relationships Between Men.” Psychology Today, 22 July 2022, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/drawing-the-curtains-back/202207/power-dynamics-in-relationships-between-men. Accessed 30 Apr.
2024.
Rajasekaran, Dr. V.,
and K Rajesh. “”Political Traditions and Power Structures in H.G. Well’s: The
Island of Dr. Moreau.” ResearchGate, Apr. 2017, www.researchgate.net/publication/315836233_Political_Traditions_and_Power_Structures_in_HG_Wells’s_The_Island_of_Dr_Moreau. Accessed 30 Apr.
2024.
Thompson, Matthew.
“‘The White Face of Moreau’: Race, Gender, and Animalism in the Literature of
the Imperial Campaign.” University of
Nottingham, vol. 12, no. 2041–6776, 2020, cccneb.instructure.com/courses/19374/pages/synthesis-slash-rae-sources-wells?module_item_id=1490859. Accessed 30 Apr.
2024.