For this course’s major written assignment, you are to analyze one marker – or intersecting markers – of identity and specific concepts, through a popular song of your own choosing. The paper must make strong links to the course and is to be a mechanism for students to think more personally and deeply about a given course topic and concepts. The goal here is depth (over breadth) and the demonstration of critical thinking and argumentation (over mere description). The final critical essay should be 6-7 pages in length (and, at minimum, 6 full pages, not including any title or reference pages).