FINAL PAPER PROJECT:

11/22: Proposal (1-2) and initial bibliography (at least 5 sources) due;
12/1 and 12/6: presentations;
12/6: paper draft due (8 pages minimum);
12/20: final draft (10-12 pages) due, 2pm.

The parameters of the final paper are purposefully left very broad. You should select a topic of your choice
involving fashion and examine it from a performance theory-inflected standpoint. It might be
something from your concentration, a specific example from the course, or the topic of one of your photo
responses that you want to investigate in greater detail. This is a research project, so external research
and additional reading are expected. If you have questions about how to locate and access sources, by
all means schedule an appointment with me, as well as consulting with the librarians. This class has
raised many many questions and answered few of them. This is your second chance to focus in on a
specific issue of fashion and work to make a strong claim about it. Read back through some of your
favorite articles from the semester and think about how these authors make their claims, then consider
where you want to make your own intervention into the discourse surrounding fashion which, of
course, surrounds us everyday.

A proposal (1-2 pages) outlining your topic of choice, what aspects of that phenomenon you plan to focus on, and a discussion of what theories you plan to apply to it along with an initial bibliography of sources you plan to consult is due 11/22.

Everyone will give a brief presentation (5-10 minutes) of their project in class either 12/1 or 12/6, with a paper draft (8pgs minimum) due via email from everyone on 12/6 by midnight (11.59pm).

Final papers are due, 12/20 at 2pm-- our scheduled final time.