This paper explores drag as a Cultural Phenomenon. Paper instructions: Your essay should be five pages—though it can be more. It should be double spaced, and this does NOT include your Works Cited page (Bibliography).

Drag as a Cultural Phenomenon.

Paper instructions: Your essay should be five pages—though it can be more. It should be double spaced, and this does NOT include your Works Cited page (Bibliography). You should NOT space extra between paragraphs. Please put page numbers in the header or footer, and include a list of your sources at the end, preferably in MLA, APA, or Chicago Style. Step one – find three sources that are scholarly, or peer reviewed. Google “Google Scholar.” This will help you find scholarly sources. You can also ask a Librarian in the chat on the Library web page. Go ahead! Librarians are there to help you.

Drag as a Cultural Phenomenon.

Step two, find at least two other sources. These can be scholarly or not. You can have as many sources as you want. List your sources in a document, along with notes underneath each one about why you picked them and how you want to use them. What will they help you show? Arrange these sources and notes alphabetically, according to MLA Style on the OWL at Purdue web site. You can also get help at the Writing Center. Go to the Writing Center page to find out how to sign up for an appointment.

Post this list—your Annotated Bibliography– in your Journal for DOUBLE POINTS. That’s right—you get double the usual Journal points for this, so be sure to do it to boost your grade!

Drag as a Cultural Phenomenon.

Step three, write your research paper according to the directions below. ***This paper needs to be intersectional (about race and gender together). ***This paper needs to be scholarly, which means it has three scholarly sources–peer reviewed articles in academic journals–NOT just popular ones (like websites, magazines, or newsapers). Cite from your sources. List them at the end of your paper in a Works Cited list. HINT: The Judith Butler article “Imitation and Gender Insubordination” in your Week Ten reading DOES count as a scholarly article, if you use it. That means you will only need to find two (2) more.

Drag as a Cultural Phenomenon.

Drag originated in gay culture and was exported to the mainstream–via film and television–and transformed in the process. Feminists have sometimes seen drag as sexist and misogynist, and it can be, but drag balls date back to at least the 19thcentury, and began to garner mainstream popular attention in the 1960s with Andy Warhol’s Factory productions and Susan Sontag’s famous essay “On Camp.” Female drag kings and male drag divas were present in cabarets and clubs in the 1920s, 1930s, and onwards,  https://youtu.be/9QkuTn1aF_k

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