MEAN GIRlS-AN ENTHONGRAPHIC STUDY

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JUSTIN STEADMANEDUCATION AS A CULTURAL PROCESSJUNE 25TH, 2010damon3825@knights.ucf.edu MEAN GIRLS AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY EXAMINING HOME SCHOOLED JUNGLE FREAKS, QUEEN BEES AND SOME OF THOSE IN BETWEEN.

PURPOSE : 

PURPOSE THIS STUDY EXAMINES HOW THE MOTION PICTURE MEAN GIRLS PORTRAYS THE FOLLOWING ETHNOGRAPHIC THEMES: RITES OF PASSAGE AND SOCIAL CONFLICT CULTURAL TRANSMISSION IN TERMS OF ENCULTURATION ACCULTURATION

RITES OF PASSAGE WITH LITERATURE REVIEW : 

RITES OF PASSAGE WITH LITERATURE REVIEW A RITE OF PASSAGE IS A RITUAL THAT MARKS A CHANGE IN A PERSONS SOCIAL OR SEXUAL STATUS. RITE OF PASSAGE HAS THREE PHASES: SEPERATION LIMINALITY INCORPORATION THIS STUDY CONCENTRATES ON SOCIAL RITES OF PASSAGE: AGE SPECIFIC NON AGE SPECIFIC LITERATURE REVIEWED: CULTURAL TRANSMISSION AND EDUCATION AS A CULTURAL PROCESS. COURSE NOTES BY DR. TRAE STEWART. AMERICAN TEENAGE CLIQUES BY JOYCE CANAAN

CULTURAL TRANSMISSION WITH LITERATURE REVIEW : 

CULTURAL TRANSMISSION WITH LITERATURE REVIEW CULTURAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH: INFORMAL EDUCATION ENCULTURATION MORE IN DEPTH READING ON CULTURAL TRANSMISSION CAN BE FOUND: CULTURAL TRANSMISSION AND EDUCATION AS A CULTURAL PROCESS. COURSE NOTES BY DR. TRAE STEWART. EDUCATION AND THE CULTURAL PROCESS BY SPINDLER 1997:275-277).

ACCULTURATION WITH LITERATURE REVIEW : 

ACCULTURATION WITH LITERATURE REVIEW EXAMPLES OF ACCULTURATION USED IN THIS STUDY ARE: STRUCTURAL ASSIMILATION IDENTIFICATION ASSIMILATION FURTHER READING: “HEY, THOSE SHOES ARE OUT OF UNIFORM”: AFRICAN AMERICAN GIRLS IN AN ELITE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HABITUS.

METHOD : 

METHOD THE METHOD OF USING FILM AS AN ETHNOGRAPHIC TOOL: ALLOWS FOR ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA TO BE TRANSCRIBED AND ANNOTATED SUCH AS: CONVERSATIONS VISUAL IMAGES .

METHODS USED : 

METHODS USED THE FRAMEWORK USED IN THIS STUDY IS SIMILAR TO THE FRAMEWORK UTILIZED BY HORVAT AND ANTONIO IN THE ARTICLE “HEY, THOSE SHOES ARE OUT OF UNIFORM: AFRICAN AMERICAN GIRLS IN AN ELITE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HABITUS”. THE FOLLOWING STEPS WERE TAKEN TO COMPLETE THE ANALYSIS DURING AND AFTER THE FILM. THE BOURDIEUIAN APPROACH OF “INDIVIDUAL HABITUS”. INTRACULTURAL DIVERSITY.

MEAN GIRLS: PLOT SYNOPSIS : 

MEAN GIRLS: PLOT SYNOPSIS CADY HERON EXPERIENCES RITE OF PASSAGE BY ENTERING PUBLIC SCHOOL. CADY’S ENCULTURATION BEGINS BY MEETING JANIS AND DAMIAN CADY ‘S INFORMAL EDUCATION INCLUDES LEARNING THE SCHOOL’S SOCIAL STRUCTURE CADY’S ACCULTURATION BEGINS WHEN SHE JOINS THE PLASTICS. CADY’S EXPERIENCES SOCIAL RITE OF PASSAGE BY MEETING AARON. CADY EMBRACES WHAT CANAAN CALLS TOP GIRL GROUP STATUS. THIS CAUSES CADY TO LOSE HER TRUE SELF.

MEAN GIRLS: THE CASE STUDY : 

MEAN GIRLS: THE CASE STUDY THIS CASE STUDY OF THE FILM MEAN GIRLS WILL FOCUS MOSTLY ON THE MAIN CHARACTER CADY HERRON AND HER: SOCIAL RITE OF PASSAGE CULTURAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH ENCULTURATION. ACCULTURATION BY “THE PLASTICS”.

ANALYSIS RITES OF PASSAGE : 

ANALYSIS RITES OF PASSAGE CADY’S SOCIAL RITES OF PASSAGE ARE SIMILAR TO: THE QUINCEANERA CELEBRATION THE INDIAN TRADITION OF RAGGING

ANALYSISCULTURAL TRANSMISSION : 

ANALYSISCULTURAL TRANSMISSION ENCULTURATION WAS UTILIZED TO TEACH CADY ABOUT THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE. ABOUT “THE PLASTICS” LEADER REGINA GEORGE. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377092/quotes?qt0395850 ABOUT HOW JOINING MATHLETES IS SOCIAL SUICIDE. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377092/quotes?qt0395845 STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS COMMENT ON CADY AND REGINA AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE SCHOOL. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377092/quotes?qt0395838 (ALL QUOTES IN FULL CAN BE FOUND BELOW IN NOTES). SPINDLER CHRONICLES THE PALAU CULTURE AND THE TRADITION OF THE CHILDREN’S ENCULTURATION BY THE MOTHER IN PRACTICES SIMILAR TO WESTERN CULTURE.

ANALYSISCULTURAL ASSIMILATION : 

ANALYSISCULTURAL ASSIMILATION CULTURAL ASSIMILATION IN THIS STUDY FOCUS ON: STRUCTURAL ASSIMILATION IDENTIFICATION ASSIMILATION :

“MEAN GIRLS” VS. “HEY, THOSE SHOES ARE OUT OF UNIFORM” : 

“MEAN GIRLS” VS. “HEY, THOSE SHOES ARE OUT OF UNIFORM” THIS SOUND BYTE FROM GRETCHEN FROM “MEAN GIRLS” VERBATIM QUOTE FROM THE ARTICLE “HEY, THOSE SHOES ARE OUT OF UNIFORM”. SHOWS HOW EACH IS INFLUENCED BY THEIR: CULTURAL TRANSMISSION INFORMAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SYSTEM

CONCLUSION : 

CONCLUSION IT CAN BE CONCLUDED THAT CADY HERON EXPERIENCED: RITES OF PASSAGE INCLUDING SEPERATION, ILIMINALITY, AND INCORPORATION CONFLICTING CULTURAL TRANSMISSIONS FROM SEPARATE GROUPS. ASSIMILATATION TO AN UNFAMILIAR CULTURE THROUGH ACCULURATION I FIND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS STUDY TO BE: MINIMAL FAIRLY TYPICAL OF MOST WESTERN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES : 

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES “About the Plastics”. Audio clip. Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377092/quotes?qt0395838 Canaan, J. (1987) “A Comparative Analysis of American Suburban Middle Class, Middle School, and High School Teenage Cliques“. Pages 385-408. Interpretive Ethnography of Education at Home and Abroad. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. Hillsdale, NJ “Coalition To Uproot Ragging from Education”. Retrieved from http://noragging.com/index.php/Research/Reports/Ragging-History-and-Evolution.html Hawkings, P. (2003) “Film in Ethnographic Research”. Pages 335-363. Principles of Visual Anthropology. Retreived from https://webcourses.ucf.edu/webct/urw/lc4130001.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct Horvat E.M and Antonio, A.L . (1999) “Hey, Those Shoes Are Out of Uniform”: African American Girls in an elite High School and the Importance of Habitus. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 30(3):317-342. American Anthropologica Association.

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES (2) : 

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES (2) “Mathletes”. Audio clip . Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377092/quotes?qt0395845 Mean Girls Pictures and Photos http://www.starpulse.com/Movies/Mean_Girls/gallery/MeanGirls-movie-p13/ Messick, J. (Producer) & Waters, M. (Director). (2004) Mean Girls [Motion Picture]. United States: Paramount Pictures. Ragging http://noragging.com/index.php/Research/Reports/Ragging-History-and-Evolution.html Popular .wav. http://www.moviesoundclips.net/sound.php?id=139/ Regina George Quote. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377092/quotes?qt0395850 Stewart, T. (2010) “Course Notes”. Education as a Cultural Process. University of Central Florida. Spindler, G.D. (1997) Education and the Cultural Process, Anthropological Approaches 3rd edition. Pages 275-277. Waveland Press, Inc. Prospect Heights, Illinois.

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES (3) : 

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES (3) “The Quinceanera Tradition.” Retrieved from http://www.quinceanera-boutique.com/. Voller, P and Widdows, S. (1993) ELT. Feature Films as Text : Framework for Classroom Use Journal volume 47/4 . Oxford University Press. Oxford, England.