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Module 8 Weekly Postings
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MODULE 8 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
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Pol Theory Module 8 Discussion Questions Week 8
MODULE 8 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
Post the following assignments to this Discussion Board:
Write ONE short essay of about 250-300 words
For ONE SHORT ESSAY, select and answer at least SIX
ANSWER QUESTION #2 REQUIRED (OPTIONAL #1,) FROM GRADY [quote/cite your text]
CHOOSE AND ANSWER AT LEAST ONE QUESTION from Kilbourne (#3, #4, #5)
CHOOSE AND ANSWER AT LEAST ONE QUESTION from #6 (Conroy), #7, (Perry), #8 (Guerrero)
CHOOSE AND ANSWER AT LEAST ONE OF QUESTIONS from GINSBERG #9-#13 (Ginsberg, chapter 9, “Congress,”6) [quote/cite your text]
SELECT AND ANSWER ONE QUESTION from MILLER (#14-18) [quote/cite your text]
SELECT AND ANSWER ONE QUESTION from either of the TWO FILMS (#19-31) [quote/cite your text]
ANSWER at Least one other FOR EXTRA CREDIT (OPTIONAL #1, and another question);
REQUIRED & EXTRA CREDIT
READ: Chapter 1 (Selections) Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
EXTRA CREDIT: How does Jameson define Postmodernism over against modernism, through “cultural productions of consumer society” such as nostalgia/pastiche (define each), which, as a representation of postmodernism, reflect a problem with current cultures that have an inability to represent (portray and adequately understand) their own time. (For example, from the longer essay, discuss whether you agree or disagree with what Jameson writes about “Star Wars”—and similar scifi films as nostalgic/pastiche).
READ: Constance Grady, The waves of feminism, and why people keep fighting over them, explained, VOX, Jul 20, 2018
REQUIRED Name at least one difference and one author or activist among each of the four waves of feminism. Describe which wave is most/least convincing to you and why. Describe one difference you have with someone you know and how this person typifies a different “wave” of feminism (e.g. relative or friend).
VIEW/READ: View one of Kilbourne films/essays (Conley): Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising Image of Women
REQUIRED: SELECT ONE
How does transnational consumer advertising create a climate in which women (and men’s) bodies are turned into things objects (“objectification”) that justify violence, or become “dismembered” (parts are taken for wholes, such as breasts and buttocks), or become part of a “cult of thinness” (Kilbourne, Killing Us Softly)?
How does consumer culture define “femininity” and “masculinity” and even nonbinary gender identities? What are some stereotypical stories media tell about women? What are some stereotypical stories media tell about men? How are men and women of color, or “nonWesterners” portrayed? How are bodies “represented” as “colonized interiorities/subjectivities”? (Conley–do you agree or disagree?) Give some examples of each.
Few seriously claim attractiveness or beauty are evil. But what happens when either are reduced to visual sex appeal which becomes consumerized or when media hyped sexualized exhibitionism (explicit displays) —for women, men or nonbinaries—combines with messages that “real men/women/embodied persons” should have the gusto of becoming at least voyeurs (leering gawkers or those who stare) and aspire to be ideally aggressively violent (“dominant”). What would Aristotle argue about the (in)adequacies of commitments or friendships based on knowledge—as alternatives to relationships driven by internalized hopes and fears of socially marketed body shame?
REQUIRED SELECT ONE
READ: Meredith Conroy and Nathaniel Rakich, More Women Than Ever Are Running for Office. But Are They Winning Their Primaries?
Discuss two reasons why more women running for Congress has/has not made a difference in 2020.
READ: Andrew M. Perry, “To protect Black women and save America from itself, elect Black Women” Brookings Institute, July 2020
Name at least three reasons why Black women should “protect themselves by electing more black women” and whether you agree/disagree and why.
READ: Guerrero, Ed, “Bamboozled in the Mirror of Abjection,” in Mia Mask, Contemporary Black American Cinema: Race, Gender and Sexuality at the Movies. New York: Routledge, 2012, 109-128
How and why has contemporary entertainment, especially film, fooled (“bamboozled”) people of color, notably blacks with fame and celebrity disguised as inner rage, self-contempt and self-destruction (called “abjection”)?
READ Ginsberg, Chapter 9 “Congress”; in Ginsberg, We the People (Essentials Twelfth Edition) New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
REQUIRED SELECT ONE
Describe who serves in Congress and how they represent their constituents (pp. 277–88) Explain how party leadership, the committee system, and the staff system help structure congressional business (pp. 288–93) Outline the steps in the process of passing a law (pp. 293–97) Analyze the factors that influence which laws Congress passes (pp. 297–303) Describe Congress’s influence over other branches of government (pp. 303–5)
READ Miller, William, Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Political Issues 21st Edition New York: McGrawHill, 2020 Unit 2 Issue 3, “Is Congress a Dysfunctional Institution?”84-92
REQUIRED SELECT ONE
Identify at least three and discuss at two sources of institutional deadlock.
Identify and explain at least two ways that partisan rancor impacts government.
Describe at least two different ways that members of Congress view their work within the body of Congress.
Assess at least two ways, whether and insider or outsider perspective is more accurate.
Describe at least two ways that Congress compares to others branches of government when it comes to power.
VIEW FILM AND ANSWER AT LEAST ONE QUESTION:
Framework for Democracy- “The First Branch” Full Video (26:41) [Running and Outcomes, Congressional Elections]
Framework for Democracy-“Government by Committee” Full Video (26:41) [Government by Congressional Committee]
REQUIRED SELECT ONE
EITHER
Framework for Democracy- “The First Branch” Full Video (26:41) [Running and Outcomes, Congressional Elections]
Explain at least two reasons why incumbents in Congress have such a high election rate.
Describe at least two possible electoral problems faced by incumbents.
Discuss at least aspects of the typical background of people who run for Congress, and explain how the composition of Congress has changed in recent years.
Define each with at least one example, reapportionment, redistricting, gerrymandering.
Using an example of each, describe at least two features of the leadership system in Congress.
Using at least one example, explain how the lawmaking function of Congress conflicts with its members’ re-election needs.
OR
Framework for Democracy- “Government by Committee” Full Video (26:41) [Government by Congressional Committee]
Explain how committee chairs are chosen, and list at least advantages and two disadvantages of the method.
Using at least two examples, describe the different types of committees, their functions, and how their members are selected.
Concisely outline at least five steps through which a bill becomes a law—and specify how the process differs from the House to the Senate. In one or two sentences, explain the role of conference committees.
Using an example, describe at least three aspects of the lawmaking function of Congress.
Using an example, describe at least three aspects of the representation function of Congress. Discuss at least two tensions that makes it sometimes difficult for members to carry out that function.
Using at least one example, discuss congressional oversight.
Using at least one example, discuss how members of Congress make voting decisions. Explain the influence exerted by constituents, lobbyists, party leaders and others.
(Thanks to colleagues; Thanks, Dino Franco Felluga // Purdue College of Liberal Arts, Professor Bannister, Swarthmore; Professor Mia Mask, Vassar)
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