Homework: "Understanding My Role-Reversal Act"
Purpose: Act Analysis
In this part of the homework, you will perform, describe, and analyze your act. After you perform your act, write a five page paper detailing your experiences. The first section (one-third to one-half of your paper) should describe your act and your responses to it, and the second section should analyze your act in terms of the scholarship on gender:
• Section I:
Describe your act:
o What did you do?
o Where did you do it?
o How did you prepare for it?
o What responses did you get while performing your act?
o How did you feel while performing your act?
o What would you do differently if you had to perform this same act again? Would you perform the act in the same location and at same time? Would you change your appearance during the act? Would you do anything else differently?
Refer directly to the required reading on Participant Observation in this section of the paper (Mack et al., 2005).
• Section II:
Referring directly to at least three academic sources for support (these may be pulled from the sources you identified and discussed in your Annotated Bibliography for Part 3 and/or the readings for this class), consider the potential impact of your act. Here are some questions to consider (you do not have to answer all of these questions; they are provided to help you to think about ways your act may have impact on society):
o Can you explain the range of reactions to your act? Did those reactions reflect any of the sociological scholarship found in the course readings or in your research? Did any of the reactions challenge that research?
o How do you think class, race, age, and sexuality came into play during the conception and performance of the act?
o Was performing this act an act of feminism? Why? and, if so, what type(s) of feminism?
o Was your act an act of activism? That is, could it help to create social change? If so, how?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.