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ANTH 336: War and Society: Journal Article

This guide will help you locate sources for your research project in Anthropology 336: War and Society.

Your Source

Defeated Masculinity: Post-Traumatic Cinema in the Aftermath of the Vietnam War.

Morag, Raya.

  2006  Defeated Masculinity: Post-Traumatic Cinema in the Aftermath of the Vietnam War. Communication Review 9(3): 189-219.

 

Questions to Address in Evaluating your Source

Open the pdf of the article and read the abstract and first paragraph of the article. Scroll through the article to look at the layout and respond to the following questions:

  1. What leads you to believe the article is scholarly?

  2. What is the author's particular argument?

  3. How does she provide evidence for her argument? 

  4. What process would you go through to corroborate the evidence she provides for her argument?

  5. What research question(s) could this source help you answer if you were to write a paper on the Vietnam War, its representation in media, and how that reflects American and international perspectives of American culture. 

How your Source was Located

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