It is the goal of this annotated bibliography first to establish
your control over the sources and then to show me (and yourself) how you intend
to employ their information. A
good annotation provides a succinct summary of the article, and it should give
some insight into the article’s relevance to your own agenda. This is first step in establishing the
“because” explanation (the warrant) upon which the Toulmin supportive approach
turns. Please note that the more
relevant information you pack into the annotation, the more your own argument
is going to take form before you
start writing. You will also find
that beyond helping to sculpt the contours of your own analysis and approach,
the annotated bibliography easily becomes your works cited page (bonus!).
Example:
Grant, Barry Keith (1996). Rich and Strange: The Yuppie Horror Film [Electronic
Version]. Journal of Film and Video, Vol. 48, No. ½ (Spring-Summer
1996): pp. 4-16. URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20688090
Grant examines a subgenre of the
contemporary horror film, the “Yuppie Horror film,” focusing on the way that
this subgenre employs the same elements of traditional horror films but shifted
to exploit the 1980’s-early-1990’s social and cultural preoccupation with
material success. Using a wide
variety of films as his support, Grant demonstrates the way that Yuppie horror
replaces monsters and the supernatural with financial horrors such as losing
one’s livelihood, social standing and/or material possessions. This essay will provide material for my
analysis of the salient economic anxieties and cultural tropes that motivate
the affluent villains in Bret Easton Ellis’ short stories, the Devil Wears Prada (1989) and Let Them Eat Stake (1990).
Annotated Bibliography
ReplyDeleteSchloss, Joseph. Foundation: b-boys, b-girls, and hip-hop culture in New York.
New York: Oxford Press, 2009. Print.
Schloss examines how b-boying was an essential part of the original Hip-Hop movement in the Bronx. Living in the birthplace of Hip-Hop, Schloss’s work explores the world of breaking as it was in the mid-200’0’s. Using interviews from prominent b-boys as his support, he examines what it really means to be a b-boy or a b-girl. Being a breaker himself, Schloss looks at b-boying as a art form and a social and cultural movement. He lays out a “foundation” of the culture, from history to style, from which he is able to teach the reader about this movement that started in the 1970’s. This book will provide material for my analysis of how the b-boy culture has changed, and what original ideas are still being taught today.
The Freshest Kids. Dir. Israel. QD3 Entertainment. 2002. Film.
The film establishes the history of breaking from the people who started the movement. We get an in depth look at how breaking became commercialized. Chronicles the falling of breaking in 1984-1986 from the top of pop culture media. How the hip-hop culture had changed from breaking and parties to gangster rap and violence. Then the film looks at a resurgence of breaking in America and its spread to foreign countries. This film will help me to examine the movement from its start in New York to its journey across the country to the West Coast. With interviews from the people who invented breaking, we get an in depth look at the culture and how it has evolved over the years.
Planet B-Boy. Dir. Benson Lee. Mental Pictures, Mondo Paradiso Films, 2007. Film.
Lee follows the journey of five crews from the US, France, Japan, and Korea(2x), as they earn the right to go to the biggest b-boy competition in the world, Battle of the Year. Following the individual crew members on this journey we see into the lives of b-boys who have a burning passion and a love for dance, even though the monetary considerations are not as enticing. We get to see how different countries view b-boy, with Korea being the most commercialized due to breakings historic rise in popularity. However, it is not all about dance, as we are brought into the lives and the struggles of individuals, real people who have real problems, whether it be familial, economic, or social, b-boying gives them an escape. This film will help me examine the b-boy culture from actual b-boys. The documentary helps to show how b-boying has changed over the years, since its conception in the 1970’s. B-boying used to be a hobby, now it's a sustainable lifestyle.