Please help me with a research essay PROPOSAL ONLY. Preferably research question based on rap music. In the proposal all we need is

1. OUTLINE TOPIC:

2. RESEARCH QUESTION:

3.ARGUMENTS/POINTS TO BE USED IN ESSAY

4.RESEARCH MATERIAL/ ACADEMIC RESOURCES THAT WILL USED TO SUPPORT.

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Protocols: This is a formal research paper. This means there are basic expectations that must be satisfied for it to be successful. Your paper must have a topic sentence at the beginning of your essay (and your opening paragraph) that clearly states what your topic is without any drama. It must also have a clear thesis statement at the end of the introductory paragraph that answers your research question, and states how you will discuss it. A Humanities essay always makes an argument or says something significant about what it is discussing. In general, an academic essay should always draw on at least three (3) academic sources. Your paper should quote material from the texts you use and be fully documented. Follow formal essay protocols. Topics: This course is examining the history, culture and ideology of gender in western society, and so your research topic should be something about ideas of gender and their meaning or impact in the world. Remember, you are not writing a social science paper, but a humanities paper, examining how ideas of gender appear, shape and/or are reproduced in culture. How are ideas about gender reproduced? 1. Start by choosing an area that is of interest to you, where gender is present in high relief. It might be a genre of film, a particular film or a television series. It might be sport, fashion, a particular genre of music or even a series of popular magazine covers. It might be anime, Bollywood movies, queer Bollywood movies, women in hip hop, K-pop or country etc. the \"new masculinity in film\" or a video series, women and gender in the army, gender in video games, or a particular video game. One year a student studied a TV show called \"The Wedding Dress\". You could examine ideas of gender in a contemporary romance movie(s), comedy or drama; ideas of gender in Game of Thrones for example, or a show of your choice. You could compare representations of male and female tennis players in sport magazines or other popular culture. 2 .Once you have an area of interest, choose a more specific example for your analysis. You won't be able to discuss hip-hop as a genre, but you could examine one or two songs, or one or two artists. You might be able to find research articles on gender in hip-hop generally, that you might then apply to a more specific artist's work for analysis. 3. Begin your research. Once you have your topic, the next thing is to make sure you have enough research material to work with. Dig around in the library e-resources to see what you can find. Get familiar with Jgtor, or Scholar's Portal. Google Scholar is usually pretty helpful. You might find academic research on your specific example but more than likely you will also be looking for articles on your topic area. If you can't find anything then change your topic. You are not required to do original work here. Please be sure you are using proper peer-reviewed academic sources for your research. The library catalogue actually has a helpful indicator to let you know if what you are using is peer-reviewed. Include them properly cited in your proposal. Keep track of promising sources. You won't use them all, but you can't decide the best ones until you look at a fair number of them. 4. Begin to develop your research question. What is it you want to know more about? Your thesis will evolve out of this question and it is much easier to write your thesis statement if you have a clear research question. \"How\" or \"what\" questions are usually a good way to start. Be prepared to spend some with this! Clarifying your research question is key to a successful essay! Please be sure you are using proper peer-reviewed academic sources for your research. The library catalogue actually has a helpful indicator to let you know if what you are using is peer-reviewed. Include them properly cited in your proposal. Proposal: TAs will ask for a proposal, due February 12, outlining your topic, your research question and possible argument, and your research material. Did I mention the research must be properly cited in MLA formatting? Then bring a PRINTED COPY of your proposal to your tutorial the week of the 12th, You will be sharing your work, and work-shopping it with the class. If there are substantial changes, you can send a new version via email to your TA. Note: we are not asking for a thesis statement here. You need to have done some research for that. But you need to think about your research question. That is VERY important. This proposal will not be marked, but if you don't do it, your final paper will automatically lose 5 marks. You MUST do this component of the assignment and it must be done correctly. If it fails, do it again. In the case of fajlure we will tell you what is not working. We will not be giving feedback or otherwise evaluating the proposal unless it is clear you have done substantial work on it, and if there is a big problem. For example, your proposal will fail if: - research sources are not proper academic, peer-reviewed sources, - research sources are not properly cited. Learn how to do this. - your topic is too broad or too narrow, or is not really appropriate, or is not doable. - Your research question is not well developed