For the writing assignment in this course, you should select one the topics below to write a 4-6-page essay in which you critically review the literature related to one aspect of your chosen topic using no fewer than 5 (FIVE) additional scholarly journal articles from the TWU Library website. If you wish to choose a topic outside of the list below, consult with your instructor. You may use readings from this course as part of your essay, but you must use the FIVE additional scholarly sources in addition to whichever course readings you wish to include. Newspapers, Wikipedia, Tumblr, Facebook, Buzzfeed articles, and all other non-scholarly sources are strictly prohibited. The topic you choose must relate to social inequality. The topics provided below are intended to be broad, giving you freedom to take your topic in the direction you choose.
Topics to choose from
Gender & Inequality
Race & Ethnic Inequality
Health & Inequality
Crime & Inequality
You are to write a [minimum] 5-7 page [maximum] analytical essay [1250-1750 words] reviewing a contemporary film, book, or writings from the list provided. You will not be writing a review regarding your chosen topic per se---I do not want to know, if for instance, you have chosen a film, what your opinion is of the acting, plot, writing or directing [a.k.a., it is not relevant whether you enjoyed the film, whether you thought it humorous, too stylized, insipid, too complex, etc.]. Rather, the goals of this assignment are threefold:
1) I want to you to apply the theoretical perspectives from weeks I & II to relevant elements within your paper topic. Pick out different concepts we have learned since the first two weeks [culture, self, socialization, class issues, stigma, social stratification, race/ethnicity, cultural hegemony, symbolism, ethnocentrism, relative deprivation, false consciousness, norms, deviance, ETC.] from your chosen topic, and analyze them in terms of the 3