Sneaker customs
The post comprises three asighnments
1:Sneaker customs
How sneakers customs came about and the evolution of custom shoes and how celebrities got involved and made it a trend
2:Peruvian War of Independence vs French Revolution
Looking for similarities or patterns, as well as major differences in both wars. Compare
and contrast Peruvian War of Independence to French Revolution: causes, the
process, and the results of both revolutions.
3:East Asian Melodrama
Paper details:
Discuss the film “An Actor‘s Revenge” by Kon Ichikawa and it‘s relationship to melodrama. You might consider
such questions as: In what ways can this film be considered a melodrama? How does it exemplify melodrama
in plot. performance. and mise-en-scene? In what ways does it depart from traditional definitions of the
genre? Use at least 4 sources. I have provided two of the sources below: Keiko I. McDonald, “Kabuki Stage and
An Actor’s Revenge,” in Japanese Classical Theater in Films (Rutherford. NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University
Press. 1994). Read pp. 127-128 (introduction to essay) and from bottom of 133 to 141 (“Melodrama as avant-
garde” and “Gender Inderminacy”) in Scott Nygren. “Inscribing the Subject: The Melodramatization of Gender
in An Actor’s Revenge,” in Wimal Dissanayake, ed.. Melodrama and Asian Cinema. Read the excerpts from
Nygren’s essay quickly. Do not worry too much if some of the words and concepts are difficult. Focus on what
the writer says about how shimpa (a form ofJapanese theater that arose during the Meiji era). kabuki. and
chambara (sword-fight film) relate to melodrama and to social protest.
Asian Melodrama