Your goal for this project will be to conduct a cultural analysis of a specific artifact of popular culture. During our first few weeks, we will discuss and work with fundamental concepts related to cultural studies. You will be provided with background materials to read and watch in order to familiarize yourself with vocabulary and ideas central to this kind of study. Additionally, you will be provided with at least one model research essay that we will discuss as a class. That way, you will have the tools you need to do a close reading of a film, season of a tele vision show, book, musical album, sports event, etc. in order to make an argument about how that artifact perpetuates and/or disrupts social normsand conventions.The research essay will be based on a clearly stated thesis. While developing the essay, you will