Template for Annotations- Application of a Theory to a Text

Based on Application of Arguments Made by Harris-Perry and/or Myisha Cherry to Interpret Beyonce's "Formation" Video/Lyrics

Directions: Interpret 2 exhibits from Beyonc's video and/or lyrics by completing the template below. In addition to the tips below, you may reference the Instructor's Model and the Checklist for Annotations in Resources to complete the assignment.

TEXT=Exhibit FormationVideoand/or Lyrics Describe specific scene or write lyrics and cite: FORMAT: (FormationVideo) and/or (FormationLyrics) My daddy Alabama, mama Louisiana You mix that negro with Creole, make Texas bama I like my baby heir with my hair and afros	THEORY=Argument "Angry Black Woman"and/or "Anger Can Build a Better World" Paraphrase the argument and cite: FORMAT: Paraphrase of the argument According to Harris-Perry,....(Harris-Perry 87). According to Cherry...(Cherry). Thomas's observation, a powerful stereotype of a black women, there all angry about something	Annotations=Interpretation Apply the theoryto analyze the text.
El Camino with seat low, sippin' Cuerve with no chaser sometimes I go off (I go off), I go off hard, (I go off hard) Take what's mine (Take what's mine), I'm a star)

1. The exhibit is a description of a scene/vignette of the Formationvideo. It may also be a quote of the lyrics. The description of the scene should contextualize the exhibit: When does the scene take place (first 30 seconds, first minute, etc.)? What is she wearing (from head to toe)? How does the background/setting establish the context for the performance?
2. Details from the exhibit should illustrate the argument. If you want to challenge the argument, the description of the exhibit should oppose the argument (i.e. Red Leotard as Scantily Clad vs. Red Leotard Signifying Victorian Wealth/White Womanhood).
3. Utilize Cherry's "Anger Can Build a Better World" if you want to present arguments that demonstrate Beyonc using anger to promote social justice. Utilize Harris-Perry's arguments in "Angry Black Woman"if you believe Beyonc is replicating the Angry Black Woman stereotype.
4. When stating arguments made by Harris-Perry and/or Cherry, do not refer to any exhibits (examples) of the stereotypes. Isolate the arguments.
5. Interpretations should show how Harris-Perry's and/or Cherry's argument is reinforced or challenged by the exhibit.

Look at the image of angry black women on television. Politi- i diminishing cts cally you have Maxine Waters of California, liberal Demo- psychological and ph crat. She's always angry every time she gets on television. ner Cynthia Mckinney [former congresswoman from Georgia], heir another angry black woman. And who are the black women atic you see on the local news at night in cities all over the en- country. They're usually angry about something. They've ted, had a son who has been shot in a drive-by shooting. They will are angry at Bush. So you don't really have a profile of non- NITY COLLEGE self- angry black women . . . [except] Oprah Winfrey. 65 be Thomas's observations invoke a third powerful stereotype of sm black women: one that characterizes them as shrill, loud, argumenta- on. tive, irrationally angry, and verbally abusive. His statement shows the can power of stereotypes to shape public perceptions. In his eyes, black their worth amongst their white peers that full women normally appear in public space "angry about something." African Americans worked the ary His first example, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, has been a mem- red ber of the House of Representatives for more than two decades. She the is a senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus and can claim vas notable legislative achievements affecting urban areas, education, and economic development. She was an early and sustained critic of the war in Iraq. She led a congressional investigation of covert Amer- ican government involvement in the urban drug trade. Yet the expec- tation of black women's angry public posture negates the substance ed of her anger. She is just angry about "something." Thomas also seems incapable of distinguishing among different heels, but I like to give credit en black women. He mentions Waters in the same breath as twice-defeated able to pedal through life former representative Cynthia Mckinney. Both of these elected repre- (Jones 4)