For this coming Thursday:
- If you haven’t already, be sure to respond to Response Assignment #2.
- Read/view the materials below – though you will not have to do a blog response. However, be sure to read/view carefully, so you are prepared to discuss in class.
Readings/Viewings due this Thursday:
“Subjectivity,” p. 35-50, TT
View: Interpellation Slide Show and International Signs and Misinterpretations
“Legal Alien” by Pat Mora
- Also, below is a list of students expected to do their first in-class case study, so be sure that you are prepared to discuss a cultural artifact that is illustrative of any of the readings from either last week or this week.
September 27th: Larry Bowen, Dwight Osborne, Whitney Hoffman, Hope Lockett
- For information on what is expected of those doing their in-class case studies, click here.
And, as always, please email me with any questions.
September 27, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Hey kristen, I will not be making it to class tonight because i have fallen ill with the flu. i tried to suffer through school earlier but had to go home because my temperature finally went up to 102 and i couldnt hear at all out of my left ear. So, i figured id try to make it up to you by blogging my side of the discussion.
I really enjoyed the legal alien. My best friend is from mexico but is as american as they come but she definately gets looked down on and looked at differently all the time. she has become kind of a chameleon because she changes for everyone. she can go from chola to yuppy in 2.5 seconds depending on where she is at, who is around and who she is talking to. I feel really bad for her because its almost like she is afraid to be herself… like she does not feel like she has a right to be herself and i dont think andyone hould feel that way.
The interpellation slide show wouldnt load for me but i did really enjoy international signs and misinterpretations. i think they make a really good point with the fact that not all the nations know what is considered international signs… we just expect them to. we expect everyone to be like us and know what is familiar to us.