You will complete a sociologically minded paper
that analyzes some of the themes of this class and requires the application of terms
from this course. This paper must be 12-point font, double-spaced, 4 pages minimum,
using class terminology and ASA style in-text citation with a matching references
page. You must use a minimum three academic and sociological sources.
Be sure to
include an examination of how relevant statuses such as gender, sex, race, class,
ability, religion, sexual orientation and/or culture/era affect the individual characters
and consequently the family as a group. You will be required to choose ONE movie
from the listed films below (or propose your own suggestion of a full-length film,
which requires instructor approval). I have chosen these films because they offer and
intersectional view of family life and cover a wide range of individual statuses and
family types.
Family Movie Options:
(e Color Purple(1985)
)ke Water for Chocolate(1992)
ïul Food(1997)
oonlight(2016)
¯ys on the Side(1995)
¯y Luck Club(1993)
rs. Doubtfire(1993)
i Familia(1995)
(e Squid and the Whale(2005)
)fe as a House(2001)
(e Fundamentals of Caring(2016)
/sing Isaiah(1995)
(e Kids are Alright(2010)
5rtles Can Fly(2005)
2ansamerica(2005)
! Mission(2009)
2ecious(2009)
ustang(2010)
y SisteràKeeper(2009)
èouting Secrets(2011)
ôeel Magnolias(1989 or 2012)
(e Boy in Striped Pajamas(2008)
(e Pursuit of Happyness(2006)
¡mesake(2007)
)on(2017)
ðiderman: Into the Spiderverse(2018)
`Wrinkle in Time(2018)
(e Farewell(2019)
You must use terms from class in your movie analysis. Choose from the list below or
suggest your own.
-Productive labor and/or reproductive labor
-Polyamory, polygyny or polyandry
-Transnational motherhood
-Spilt family migration
-Global care deficit
-Fictive kin
-Carework
-Self-development imperative
-Hook up culture
-Sexual double standard
-Sexual double bind
-Relational double bind  
– Other mothers/community other mothers
-Patriarchy/aloof father societies
-Heteronormativity and/or homophobia