Pick a quotation from "Setting the Course." A minimum of two
sentences. Type it into the comment space below, and then say why you
picked the quotation.
Did it tell you something you didn't know
or hadn't thought about?
Was it unclear to you?
Do you find what
the author says debatable?
Do you think it particularly important to
the argument of the piece?
This is a rather long piece with lots of detail, some of it interesting, and ideas tucked in all over the place. Pay particular attention to mention of the social organizational functions of consumer society.
Hi all:
"Why the Self is Empty" is an academic article. It's
too long, the print is too small, its full of citations and names you
won't (and don't have to) know.
Forget that stuff and read for
the main idea. Cushman is trying to talk about how consumerism shaped
identity as older and more traditional forms of identity formation
slipped away.
Do as you did with the last blog comment. Pick a
quotation you find interesting and then write about why you found it
interesting (you agree/disagree; something you had not thought about
before; important to over all argument; no clear or confusing).
Thank
you.
Write two paragraphs outlining the central notion you have gotten from our readings and discussions of consumer society. This is a way of getting started on paper 1.
This is one way of saying: state the big general idea (foggy notion) that comes into your head when you think of the things we have read and discussed in the class so far about consumer society.
Develop the notion in two paragraphs.
If this doesn't make sense (notion and big foggy notion), don't worry. Just write two paragraphs about the readings, viewings and discussions so far as you have understood them.
Hi all:
To get the ball rolling, write what you think might be the first two paragraphs of your paper 1.
Approach this writing as a rough draft. These paragraphs may or may not appear in your final paper.
Post these paragraphs to the blog and be sure to bring hard copy to class.
Thank you.
Nick
Hi all:
As part of your preparation for paper 2, please write two or more full paragraphs giving your thoughts, reflections, response to the readings and discussion of children in consumer society.
Also bring hard copy of these writings to class for purposes of discussion.
Thank you.
Nick
Hi all:
For this comment, please select a quotation from the "The More You Subtract the More You Add," 155-172.
Type the comment into the comment box and add a few sentences saying why you picked the quotation.
Thank you...
Nick
Hi all:
Over the weekend, write two (provisional) paragraphs as a way to get started on paper 2.
As you know, paper 2 may draw from the unit of reading on consumerism and children or the unit on advertising to women. I think each unit has sufficient material (reading and discussion and viewing) for a four page paper.
Please bring hard copy of these paragraphs to class.
Also for Monday please read and mark up "Hunger as Ideology," 145-152.
Thank you.
Nick
Hi all:
This is intended to help you remember what happens in "The Truman Show."
Write a two paragraph summary of the plot of "The Truman Show."
Thank you.
Nick
Hi all:
In preparation for paper 3, pick a scene from "The Truman Show" that you think important to an understand of the film as a whole.
Describe this scene and write about what you think it means.
Thank you.
Nick
Hi all:
For this entry make a start on your paper 3.
Write 2 paragraphs.
The rough draft of paper two is due the Wednesday after we get back from Memorial Day.
Happy writing.
Nick
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