Assignment: Blackface Minstrelsy
Assignment: Blackface Minstrelsy
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Assignment: Blackface Minstrelsy
Paper #1 (25%) – due Week 4/Feb. 7: Students examine how the social systems and dynamics that gave birth to blackface minstrelsy in the 19th century continue to shape the production and consumption of American popular culture today. You will choose a contemporary cultural product of any type (e.g., visual artwork, work of literature, song or music video, film, etc.) and (a) describe the work in detail; and (b) explain how it reflects or addresses the history of minstrelsy (4 pages or 1,000 words).
Taylor and Austen, “EZ Duz It: How Black Minstrelsy Bum-Rushed Hip-Hop,” from Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop* (*in course E-Reader)
Lee, “Rethinking the K-pop industry’s silence during the Black Live Matter movement” https://theconversation.com/
“History of Minstrelsy: From ‘Jump Jim Crow’ to The Jazz Singer” (Online exhibit by University of Southern Florida Library Special & Digital Collections): https://usflibexhibits.omeka.
“History of Minstrelsy: From ‘Jump Jim Crow’ to The Jazz Singer” (Online exhibit by University of Southern Florida Library Special & Digital Collections): https://usflibexhibits.omeka.
ESSAY GUIDELINES -:
Write a 1000-1500-word essay addressing each of the following points. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be two main sections, one for each bullet below. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper.
Support your ideas with at least three (3) sources using citations in your essay. Make sure to cite using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page in correct APA do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
Length: 1000-1500 words; answers must thoroughly address the prompts in a clear, concise manner.
Evaluation Criteria for Paper
(10%) Resources used as rationale for approaches and as sources of content
_____ 5. (20%) write paper in a scholarly manner
(4%) Format includes title page, body of paper, & reference page, with pages numbered
_____ 5. (20%) Write the Paper in a scholarly manner
(4%) Format includes title page, body of paper, & reference page, with pages numbered
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