Religious Identity in Film and Nonfiction (Mon 4/4)
by Dr. H - March 30th, 2016
Congrats on submitting a final draft!
On Monday 4/4 our agenda is twofold:
1) finish screening Arranged
2) discuss Kathleen Flake, The Politics of American Religious Identity, pp 1-55 (i.e. Intro, Ch 1-2).
Please bring the book with you; it’s your admission ticket to class.
Read not just for the content but for how Flake constructs her argument, how she uses evidence, and what writerly techniques she uses to tell this compelling story. What are the core problems / themes / concepts in this monograph? What are her framing questions? Why is this historical episode a good one through which to explore these questions? What is the historiography of her topic? Pay attention to her footnotes as well – what’s in them? How/when does she employ primary v. secondary source evidence? How does the visual material enhance the narrative?
Also I will have signups available for our next round of writer’s conferences. I look forward to settling in with your drafts over the weekend.