DISSERTATION :: TUTORIAL 2

all that was said really was that i've got to keep my focus on representation and fashion imagery rather than keeping it too abstract and venturing too far into economics. instead of discussing representation as a singular topic within a separate section it should be integrated into all the others in the literature review so when it comes to discussing my case studies the images and their analyses make much more sense. as for the dissertation as a whole the angle is steadily fixing itself as 'a western dissection of an outward-looking chinese identity formed within China, being sold to the west - the identity itself having been affected by western ideologies'

also i shouldn't discuss GQ China as that would be a separate dissertation topic covering the representation of chinese men within China. too introsepective and obviously i don't have enough knowledge of chinese history and culture to be able to properly explore that topic...

DISSERTATION :: TUTORIAL

so after my tutorial with Itai we decided rather than to focus on the cultural exchange between Europe and China, I should probably look more to that between China and the US, particularly during the Nixon administration in the 70's. much more material to work with in terms of representation (see above...thanks Andy!) and links between the two superpowers are so established I won't have to spend so much of my time trying to dig up evidence.

working title has to be re-worked. direction of research has to be tweaked.