Faculty of Arts

Department of Sociology

SOC 885-011: Women and Islam

WINTER 2021

SUBMIT ONLINE SUNDAY APRIL 11 by 11:30 PM

TOTAL MARKS= 25%

CRITICAL ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

(Modified for a Liberal Studies Assignment)

GUIDELINES FOR A CRITICAL ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 A bibliography is an alphabetical list of sources cited or relevant to a specific topic. A critical annotated bibliography also provides a description as well as an evaluation of each source. I have modified this format in an attempt to align with the requirements of a Liberal Studies assignment at Ryerson.

1.      TITLE OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY: “The Indian Act.”

2.      Your Bibliography must have 8 (eight) sources.

3.      All items must be dated after 2010 -2020 (last 10 years).

4.      ONE PARAGRAPH INTRODUCTION 350-500 WORDS:

a.      Explain how you have approached the topic and how did you interpret the concept of “Multiple Identities,” “Struggles” and “Muslim Women.” You must draw on at least two course authors to justify your approach. Reference these in Endnotes.

b.      Discuss how you have taken into account the significance of race, class, gender performance; sexual identity etc in your bibliography.

c.       Answer the questions: What did you learn about Women and Islam from constructing this Bibliography?

5.      Each Bibliographic Reference must comprise three parts:

a.      Citation = a complete bibliographic reference the source.

b.      Description= a summary of the article/resource, its main argument, and key concepts.

c.       Evaluation=  a critical analysis of its strengths and weaknesses; an assessment of the resource in comparison and contrast with other items in the bibliography; and a judgment about the usefulness of the resource for learning about the topic.

FORMAT: Full Citation>>Description>>Evaluation.

For examples see: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_samples.html

6.      PARTS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY

A)     Citation: The aim of the Citation is to tell us where to find the item.

A Citation includes: author(s), date of publication, title, and publisher's name and

location (and for articles: journal title, volume, issue and page numbers).

List each item in proper MLA style available at the following sites:

https://style.mla.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwL_Gsd2i6wIVlsDICh3_yApcEAAYASAAEgIOkPD_BwE

B)     Description/Summary.

§  Important: A Summary is not an Abstract that you might find at the beginning of a published item. The aim of the Description is to tell us what to expect to find in the source.

The summary part should answer the following questions:

a.      What Type of Source is it? See more information about Types of Sources below e.g. book chapter, journal article, facebook post; webpage,  tweet etc.

b.      Some background information about the author, organization, group, who has written or created it. e.g. a professor at a university e.g. Jasmin Zine; a media celebrity e.g. Ginella Massa; a political leader with a large following e.g. Ilhan Omar; a sports celebrity e.g. Stephanie Kurlow, Ballerina (@stephaniekurlow) etc. You may get it from their webpage or other source.

c.       What motivation or reason does the author provide for this work/article comment? Who are they seeking to address, influence, motivate?

-          For a peer reviewed paper, read the abstract and the paper to determine: the main thesis or argument; the author’s key objectives; who they want to address.

d.      Are there any significant details, data, (e.g. a study conducted by the author or group, or interviews, polls, a historical review etc), important statistics, images etc.

e.      Any other information that you consider worthy of mention? For example, if an article or tweet was intended to respond to a particular event such as an Islamphobic/Racist Incident; or a special occasion such as Eid or Hajj.

C)      Evaluation/Critical Analysis

The Critical Analysis/Evaluative part should answer the following questions:

a.      Synthesis of the key argument.

b.      Compare and contrast each source with at least one other reading/item from your research. For example, does it add new or different information; add a different perspective; provide more detail; offers an argument that contradicts your selected reading/another resource. 

c.       Did you find this source useful? How did this resource add to what you already learnt about the topic.

7.      TYPES OF SOURCES:

a.       Scholarly sources including: peer-reviewed journal articles; non-peer reviewed journal articles; books, book chapters. Indicate online or not. Check proper style for citing online and hard copy Scholarly materials.

List 2 scholarly sources of which at least TWO must be peer reviewed.

b.      Popular articles: Newspaper and magazine articles online or hardcopy.

You can include trade journals in this category e.g. Business Insider if needed.

List 2 of this type of source.

c.       Electronic or digital sources: websites, blogs, films, TV, dedicated to the topic or relevant to the topic.

List 2 of these.

d.      Social Media: Facebook, twitter, Tik Tok etc

List 2 of these.

8.      FORMAT: 12 pt. Times Roman type, double spaced 1-inch margin.

9.      LENGTH: For each item listed the Description + Evaluation = 150 to 200 words. For 8 plus Introduction: 1600 + 500 = 2000 words approximately. ***MLA Citation not included in total word count.

10.  SUBMIT THROUGH TURNIT IN. If your Turnitin score is more than 35% (i.e. beyond the approximate word count of citations), you need to rework your bibliography to reduce your score.

GRADING CRITERIA: