Inspired by
desiringsubject and
leayrdel, I worked more on my writing/revising this past week, and sent a draft of my fourth chapter to my advisor today. There are still three places where I need to insert quotes, but since the articles containing those quotes are in boxes, and the boxes are still at the old apartment (and take some effort to get to), I decided not to wait & just send the document along so that I could stop tinkering with it and start working on the second chapter. Next up is my chapter on The Watermelon Woman and Liebe Perla -- I got the draft into better shape early last spring, and so I feel confident that I can finish a close-to-final chapter draft before the end of the summer (or at least have it in good shape to share with the dissertation workshop in the fall).
So, for those keeping score at home, this means: 2 chapters down, 2 to go, plus intro + conclusion.