DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM, COMMUNICATION & NEW MEDIA CMNS 3160-01 Media, Entertainment & Popular Culture—Indigenous Representations in Media, Entertainment, and Popular Culture CLOSE READING ASSIGNMENT DEFINITION • In literary criticism, close reading is the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of material (text, advertisement, television episode, film, etc.). A close reading is a study of the detail in a short section of material. It is an explanation of how that detail and that section are related to the entire piece of material. In thinking about literature, film, articles, you should always refer back to the detail of a test as well as to its larger effects and meanings. This assignment requires critical thinking and concise writing. TOPIC & PREWRITING PROCESS • Wyndreth Berginsdottir wrote, recorded, and published a song—’I am My Mother’s Savage Daughter’—that has been used by many Indigenous peoples across TikTok. Select one of the listed TikTok short videos relying upon Berginsdottir’s song and close read it. Meaning— • Re-watch it, taking notes while viewing. Look for tensions, twists, how it unfolds. Consider is the individual singing on their own or lip-synching (does this matter to you?). • Consider something that stands out—perhaps it is the movement between contemporary and traditional clothing; perhaps, it is the application of face-paint, perhaps it’s the braiding of the hair, and so on. • Consider how what you have chosen to analyse works on literal and symbolic levels. Consider doe sit affect your emotions or intellect or understanding of the story that is being told? • Pay attention to details. WRITING PROCESS & GUIDLINES • Indicate clearly what piece of material you’re discussing. • Create a title that captures the heart of your close-reading. 1 • Open your first paragraph by briefly summarizing the material. Note its significance; refer to the creator of the short video; consider if it creates an uneasiness, a contradiction, a countermovement to the status quo. • • In a second paragraph choose to discuss and focus upon any one of the following o Theme o Details o Style o Structure o Progress/movement o Symbols At the close of your second paragraph, you might consider a conclusion that indicates a broader connection between the close-reading done in your second paragraph to the observations you made in your first. • In your third paragraph, open up your discussion on grander potential meanings from this short video which is part of a larger movement. FORMAT • 2 pages minimum to a maximum of 3 pages not including a title page or bibliography • MLA, APA, or another documenting style guide used within the fields of the Humanities • No outside sources are necessary or required MATERIAL (select one TikTok video) • https://www.tiktok.com/@tiamiscihk/video/6880361178397232389?lang=en • https://www.tiktok.com/@samm_bamm32/video/6969746832159149317?lang=en • https://www.tiktok.com/@chrishawn.blackeagle/video/7032094937105599790?lang=en • https://www.tiktok.com/@kaylen_lomayestewa/video/6852420071793511686?is_copy_url=1& is_from_webapp=v1&q=i%20am%20my%20mothers%20savage%20daughter%20native&t=16420 18277259 • https://www.tiktok.com/@tionashayla/video/6974381903889714437?is_copy_url=1&is_from_ webapp=v1&q=i%20am%20my%20mothers%20savage%20daughter%20native&t=1642018277259 • https://www.tiktok.com/@to.xx.ic/video/6989811169745849605?is_copy_url=1&is_from_web app=v1&q=i%20am%20my%20mothers%20savage%20daughter%20native&t=1642018277259 2 • https://www.tiktok.com/@tiamiscihk/video/6888522326229486853 3 Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: women in society Popular Culture Based Song Wyndreth Berginsdottir User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.