Inventive use of a Body of Evidence
Reading HW Download this article by scholar Jennifer Frost on “Movie Star Suicide.” Read the first and last page in detail, and skim through the rest.
Frost’s article will serve as our second sample of the sort of scholarship I’m looking for in the upcoming essay, informed by prior scholarship but drawing mainly on primary sources. So, as with the chapter we read last week from Brett Harvey’s book, I want you to focus on the body of evidence that Frost assembled in order to write this article. After reading, answer the following in writing, and post here on the website:
- What serves as Frost’s “Body of Evidence”?
- What research question does Frost’s essay aim to answer?