Film Analysis Paper: How do the three institutional arenas intersect in this movie: state, market and family?

The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change By Philip N. Cohen—This book needs to be used as one of the two academic references.– You can choose the easiest movie for you to review. It can be as easy as a Disney movie. I’ve attached the details in a photo. I’m also going to C/P the rubric here if the photo ends up not appearing. -For this paper,you will produce a film review of a movie through a sociological lens. Please pick a movie that has a family unit. Any form of family will work great. The film must be fictional; do not use a documentary. The paper should be between 3-5 pages in length, typed and double-spaced. You will need to include at least four sources in the paper: • Acceptable sources can be from our class or sources that you have found outside of class. • At least two of the sources must be from academic, peer-reviewed articles/books. • The Cohen text counts as one source, regardless of how many times you cite it. • MLA formatting is required. In the introduction of your paper, include a synopsis of the film, and describe the members of the family, including their names. 3 points You must also analyze the film using sociological concepts that we have discussed and read about throughout the semester. For the analysis, please answer the following questions:

 

 

1. How do the three institutional arenas intersect in this movie: state, market and family? 5 points

 

2. Analyze the film using one of the following theories: consensus/structural functionalism, conflict, feminist, exchange, symbolic interactionism. 5 points 3. Select one issue/topic from class (example topics: social class, race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, marriage, cohabitation, divorce etc.) How is this issue/topic discussed or displayed in the movie? In other words, how does the movie help you to understand this topic? 5 points 4. How does who you are (your intersecting identities and biases) affect your viewing of the movie? In other words, how does your race/ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, etc. affect your viewing of the movie? 4 points 5. When watching the movie through a sociological lens, how has the movie changed for you? That is, what is different about the movie when viewing the movie sociologically? 3 points Please structure your paper using the standard format: Introduction, including synopsis of the film Analysis (questions 1-4 above)

 

 

Conclusion (question 5 above) Bibliography (cite all sources) Final Paper Due, In-Class, Hard Copy: December 11, 2018 You must complete this assignment in order to pass this course.