Your task will be to choose a cultural icon and analyze its significance in our society.

ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS & SPECIFICATIONS:

• You will analyze the impact of a cultural icon on our society.
• The paper should be 4-5 pages of text, typed in Times New Roman 11 or 12-pt font, double-spaced with 1” margins. It must be a minimum of 4 pages. The Works Cited page is not included in the assigned page length.
• MLA style format and documentation for parenthetical citations and a Works Cited page are required.
• Utilize a minimum of (3) three academically appropriate secondary sources in addition to any primary source/s.

The icon I chose is Elvis Presley

paper will be discussing and analyzing these points:

• How does this cultural product contain or promote specific values?
• How is it representative of wider social assumptions that are reproduced and circulated and/or published, including the scope and method of circulation?
• How is the product experienced or interpreted?
• How does it contribute to and actively shape cultural ideals and expectations?
• How does it support or revise conventional ideas, practices, or expectations?
• How does it utilize symbolism to create meaning?
• How does it participate in influencing the formation of personal or group identity?
• What is its role in society?
• How does it adhere to conventions of a larger genre or category? (the “genre” may be action movies, men’s magazines, etc.)