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FYSM 1000 East Asian Comic Cultures: Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

What is an annotated bibliography? 

An annotated bibliography is a list of sources that have been reviewed for a particular topic. It should includes two parts: citation and annotation. The citation should follow a citation style (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.) and the annotation is usually a paragraph or two that describes, summarizes, and evaluates the materials. 

Samples:

Craig, R. S. (1992). The effect of day part on gender portrayals in television commercials: a content analysis. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 26 (5-6), 197-213.

Gender portrayals in 2,209 network television commercials from 1990 were content analyzed. To compare differences between three day parts, the sample was chosen from three time periods: daytime, evening prime time, and weekend afternoon sportscasts. The gender of the characters, their roles, the product advertised, setting and gender of primary narrator was noted. The results indicate large and consistent differences in the way men and women are portrayed in these three day parts, with almost all comparisons reaching significance at the .05 level. Although ads in all day parts tended to portray men in stereotypical roles of authority and dominance, those on weekends tended to emphasize escape from home and family. The findings of earlier studies which did not consider day part differences may now have to be reevaluated for they may have either overestimated or underestimated certain types of gender differences.

 

Esherick, J. W. & Wasserstron, J. N. (1990, November) "Acting out democracy: political theater in modern China." Journal of Asian Studies, 49, 835-865.

This scholarly journal article provides an uncommon interpretation of the events of April-June, 1989 in  Beijing. The authors are history professors at American universities with recent firsthand experience in China. They base their article on research, personal observation and the written and pictorial records of events. Their stated goal is to create a framework in which to interpret the events that will place them within the context of Chinese political history and permit comparison with recent similar events in Eastern Europe. The conclusion drawn is that the events of April-June, 1989, in Beijing were not related to Western participatory democracy but rather to traditional Chinese forms and ideas and are characterized as political theater. As such, they are full of symbols and scripts with unique Chinese historical bases.

 

(samples from https://libguides.scu.edu/c.php?g=388628&p=2636658;  more samples https://libguides.unf.edu/c.php?g=177088&p=1163983)

 

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