Bodies in Motion is the title of the History and Society foundation course that examines the meaning of migration within and to the United States in the 20th century. The words bodies and motion are metaphors for understanding transformations of the heart and mind as well as the transformations of the social, cultural, and political landscapes that define in their totality what is meant by the American dream. In an essay, discuss the concepts body and motion using one text from groups 1 and four texts from group 2. Make sure your essay has a clear thesis statement and conceptual subpoints. Exams are due on December 16, 12:00, Hollister 102. Michael Gold, Jews Without Money (autobiographical novel) William Foote Whyte, Street Corner Society (ethnography) Mine Okubo, Citizen 13600 (graphic memoir) Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (play) Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets (autobiographical novel) Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (ethnography) Michael Downing, Breakfast With Scot ( novel) In a short analytical essay, discuss the relationship between agency and social structure using one character from each of the text from group two. Remember to organize your ideas around a strong thesis statement that asserts your claim about the relationship between agency and social structure. Also use conceptual subpoints to help guide the development of your argument. Identify the text from which each passage is taken (1 point).
Provide a brief analysis of the passage, paying particular attention the context from which it is located (4 points).
The Essay on Dawn Social Justice Group
The social justice group DAWN (disabled womans network Ontario) is a province wide organization of woman with all types of disabilities. They are a feminist organization which supports woman in their struggle to control their own lives. Dawn Ontario is controlled by women with disabilities. The members include woman with disabilities and non-disabled woman. Also included are lesbians, bisexual ...
Discuss how the passage relates to the authors core argument regarding internal migration and social mobility (5 points).
1. Although they suffered far worse losses per capita than the South Vietnamese, whose agonies were featured daily in the American press, the Hmong were almost completely overlooked. When the Hmong were mentioned, the crucial element of American involvement was usually missing from the account, either because the reporter couldnt confirm it or because the information was embargoed. 2. Moving into a new block is a big jump for a Harlem Kid. Youre torn up from your hard-won turf and brought into an I dont know you block where every kid is some kind of enemy.
Even the block belongs to your own people, you are still an outsider who has to prove himself a down stud with heart. 3. I said. Do you ever fake it? I think I meant. Who are you? For eleven years he had lived as the child of a sweet, sad junkie whose maternal instinct had turned suicidal. His father had waived his rights to see him before he was born I had discussed the effect Scot had on me and on Sam and on other people.
But Scot was a stranger, a black hole, a cast-off pair of pajamas. Whoever he was, whoever he might have been, I realized it wasnt going to be easy for him to cast off Greg Koesters disapproval, or the oddity of having gay guardians instead of regular parents, or the memory of being tripped while he carried his tray in the cafeteria. 4. You see that window up there? Thats the palace of dreams. Ive made an appointment for you to go there. 5.
Choose a passage from one of the texts from group 2.
