Gays and Lesbians in the Ghettoes

Remember you have two things due on the same day:

1.  Preliminary Topic:

• Just below the title, you should state your preliminary research topic.  This may be one sentence long, or it may be a full paragraph.  Regardless, it should be focused and clear.  You only need one page; you only have one topic.  Make sure that you include at least one issue of substance that pertains to your subculture.  Remember to include a title for your paper.

Several examples for you to view:  You only need ONE!

Example 1:

Your name

Instructor Linda Rogers

English 130:  Section ___

Preliminary Topic and Annotated Bibliography

Due Date

Gays and Lesbians in the Ghettoes

There has been a conflict between those gays who have wanted to celebrate and emphasize the very things that make them different and those who want to be absorbed into mainstream culture. The establishment of the gay ghettos can be perceived as doing either or both of these things.

Example 2:

Your name

Instructor Linda Rogers

English 130:  Section ___

Preliminary Topic and Annotated Bibliography

Due Date

Women Bodybuilders

            The women bodybuilding subculture illustrates an image of domination over personal domain. Women bodybuilders create a spectacle with the collapsing of gender roles as seen in their exaggerated musculature and hyper-feminine mode of dress. The contradictory appearance reveals an underlying struggle between sub-cultural control and hegemonic impression.

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Your name

Instructor Linda Rogers

English 130:  Section ___

Preliminary Topic and Annotated Bibliography

Due Date

Swingers in our Midst

            Swingers join their subculture to satisfy not only a life of normality but their desires to be with others sexually and not live a life of monogamy.  The increased rates of  HIV/AIDS and other STDs has dramatically affected the swinger subculture.

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2.  Annotated Bibliography:

• Below the preliminary research topic, I expect a list of at least five sources (I recommend 6-10 sources, if possible).  Each entry should be listed in MLA format. 
• Immediately following each entry, there should be a brief synopsis of the source.  Each synopsis should be roughly 50-100 words long. 

• This entry should do five things:
• list the entry using MLA format
• provide an authority assessment:  list the background and  affiliations of the author(s)
• summarize the source
• assess its authenticity and reliability
• reflect on how it will fit into your research paper 
• Your annotated bibliography, like your final research essay, should contain a mixture of sources: books, periodicals, websites, interviews, sound recordings, etc.  Whenever possible, you should use the most authoritative sources available.

More Samples of Annotated Entries, for a Paper on Deaf Subculture

Hairston, Ernest, and Linwood Smith. Black and Deaf in America: Are We That Different? Silver Spring, Md: T.J., 1983. Print.

Americawas published in 1983.  This book is twenty-eight years old and the information and data contained in it may be dated. The three authors are currently listed as three of the top five most significant deaf black scholars with significant publications in their fields.  According to this book, approximately two million African-Americans have a hearing impairment serious enough to warrant medical or education services and approximately 22,000 are profoundly deaf. As there are a relatively small amount of African-American deaf persons, the author notes that many of these individuals have never met another African-American deaf person who could have acted as role models or mentors to share pride and encouragement of their shared cultures. This book contains a collection of biographies of African-American deaf people. The author also discusses the role of the deaf child in the family. This resource details information about a subculture within the Deaf community but would, perhaps, be more valuable to an academic paper if it were more current. I intend to use this source more for background history for my reseach in both deaf and black deaf subcultures.

Ladd, Paddy. Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2003. Print.

Paddy Ladd is a Lecturer and MSc co-ordinator at the Centre for Deaf Studies in the University of Bristol. He completed his PhD in Deaf Culture at Bristol University in 1998 and has written, edited and contributed to numerous publications in the field. Both his writings and his Deaf activism have received international recognition, and in 1998 he was awarded the Deaf Lifetime Achievement Award by the Federation of Deaf People, for activities which have extended the possibilities for Deaf communities both in the UK and worldwide. This book is a part of a series of materials focusing on second languages and unique linguistic topics. The following topics are presented in this resource: deaf communities, deafness in western civilization, definitions and theories of culture, residential schools for the deaf. In particular, the author develops a deep examination of the definition and history of the word and concept of culture. This is an advanced resource for the scholar researching the concept of deaf culture. More than other sources, it gives a thorough look at all aspects of the deaf subculture.  It does have a lot of information about American deaf culture.  As such, it is a valuable resource for me to use to define and understand deaf culture.

Through Deaf Eyes. Prod. Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey. PBS Home Video, 2007. DVD.

Diane Garey has had a distinguished career as a documentary and feature editor and producer.  She edited and co-produced Wild By Law, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1992 and was broadcast as part of the American Experience series on PBS.  Lawrence R. Hott has been producing documentary films since 1978, when he left the practice of law to join Florentine Films.  His awards include an Emmy, two Academy Award nominations, a George Foster Peabody Award, five American Film Festival Blue Ribbons, ten CINE Golden Eagles, screenings at Telluride, and first-place awards from the San Francisco, Chicago, National Educational, and New England Film Festivals.   This video, produced in 2007, examines deaf history and presents many differing facets involved in life as a deaf person. Subjects covered include schools for deaf students, American Sign Language, TTY and the fight for a deaf president at Gallaudet University. Multiple artistic works by deaf artists are presented. This film covers the story of a complex culture with a very understood past and present. This film offers a nicely-done glimpse into the huge breadth of American Deaf History. All the highlights are here: Thomas Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc, Gallaudet College / University, A.G. Bell, Milan Conference, oralism, cochlear implants, etc. As this is such a recent production that covers the varying facets with deaf culture with a 21st century vision, it is a valuable resource for my paper.

What will it look like?

Your name

Instructor Linda Rogers

English 130:  Section ___

Preliminary Topic and Annotated Bibliography

Due Date

Title Centered on the Very Next Available Line

            You will have your preliminary topic and/or thesis statement typed next stating where your research will lead you.  It can be one sentence or a whole paragraph.

Annotated Bibliography

Source 1 MLA 2009 Citation.  After the first line is filled, you will use the “hanging indent” option in format/paragraph under “special” to make it align correctly.

Then you will indent the actual annotation so that it begins where your hanging indent begins, plus a tab to start the paragraph.  There will be no extra skipped lines.

Source 2 MLA 2009 Citation.  After the first line is filled, you will use the “hanging indent” option to make it align correctly.

Then you will indent the actual annotation so that it begins where your hanging indent begins, plus a tab to start the paragraph.

Source 3 MLA 2009 Citation.  After the first line is filled, you will use the “hanging indent” option to make it align correctly.

Then you will indent the actual annotation so that it begins where your hanging indent begins, plus a tab to start the paragraph.

Source 4 MLA 2009 Citation.  After the first line is filled, you will use the “hanging indent” option to make it align correctly.

Then you will indent the actual annotation so that it begins where your hanging indent begins, plus a tab to start the paragraph.

Source 5 MLA 2009 Citation.  After the first line is filled, you will use the “hanging indent” option to make it align correctly.

Then you will indent the actual annotation so that it begins where your hanging indent begins, plus a tab to start the paragraph.

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