American pragmatist theory (Parker‚2001; Seidman‚1997)‚ queer theory has become one of the most important theories‚ which contributes to the research of sociology‚ arts and organizations. On the one hand‚ queer theory has been used to study the relations between the sexuality‚ gender and workplace. On the other hand‚ by utilizing denaturalized‚ deconstructive and performative methods to queer the presumptions of the taken-for-granted norms‚ queer theorists question and disprove the traditions which
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Queer sexuality is a stigmatized identity in terms of society because of social norms‚ rhetoric‚ and most importantly policy. The word “queer” means “strange‚ or odd” which perfectly describes just how polluted American society is in the Modern Era. Many different points attribute to stigmatized queer sexuality which include the process of identity management‚ heteronormativity and mononormativity‚ and policies restricting freedoms . Queer sexuality that is being stigmatized is a serious issue that
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Alexander the Great is renowned for uniting the known world under his leadership and has grown to mythical proportions in his leadership abilities and skill at arms. He was also a young ruler‚ brash‚ irreverent and narcissistic. His never ending lust to conquer new lands‚ his growing problems controlling his drinking and his relentless pushing of his army all contribute not only to illustrating personal character flaws but possibly to his death. In his young life Alexander was tutored by the
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The queer communities and the communities of color in Los Angeles have a common history of police violence. Their geographic proximity during the 1950’s and 1960’s‚ exposed them to the same heavy policing in the form of "vice" entrapments‚ which were motivated not only by the police’s need to control the queer community‚ but also to stop interracial relationships. The struggles of these two groups were put in evidence in the 1952 case of Horace Martinez and his friends. Martinez was using the restroom
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Queer Culture of Southeast Asia. When discussing queer culture in modern times‚ it is automatically classified as a western idea. Queer identities and queer struggles are associated with whiteness‚ as a white concept. This is one of the many causes of colonization‚ and how in some way it erased the history of oppressed communities. However‚ pre-colonization history indicates that queer culture had been developed within ancient civilizations. If we look at ancient civilizations in Latin America
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Queer theory can be defined as the ongoing cultural critique of the heteronormative social hierarchy. Queer theory looks at‚ and studies‚ the political critique of cultural behavior that falls into either a normative or deviant category. The word "queer" itself has a primary meaning of "odd‚" or "out of the ordinary" (according to Webster). So by definition queer theory concerns itself with any and all forms of sexuality and sexual identity that are "queer" or deviant to the norm. Theorists also
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Issues of discrimination to transgender also occur outside of detention centers. Kit Yan shared the social injustices he experienced as a queer‚ transgender‚ and Asian American in his performance Queer Heartache. He became aware of the unacceptance of transgenders in the US when he expressed his newfound queer identity through rainbow stickers on his new Jeep Cherokee. As a result‚ his lights were smashes and tires were broken. Like transgender detainees‚ Yan was out casted and assigned to a secluded
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Something Precious I have earned recently that sometimes we lose something to gain something. I have experienced a hurt that was so deep that it was my belief that it would never end. I recently was blessed to have a brand new grandchild a girl. This little girl could not have come at a better time in my life. Brianna Scott was born on November 30. 2010 at 8:14 pm. This could not have been better timing. Three years ago one of my grandsons’s hung himself and now lives in a vegetative state. I
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English 101/50232 June 18‚ 2012 Something Beautiful Written By: It’s easy to see why before there was science native tribes of the northern hemisphere believed the aurora borealis to be supernatural. Most cultures thought the lights to be spirits of the dead; warriors still joined in battled long after the wars they fought in over‚ and ancestors reaching out from the heavens trying to communicate with the living. In ancient times most people were afraid of the lights. Children would be brought
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Batman: a Fictional Hero “Something Terrible” is a masterpiece by Dean Trippe which tells about his own trauma when he was a child. He overcame the darkness in his heart through the world of fiction and the help of one of the most well-known superheroes in the world‚ Batman. In the story‚ his life was terribly ruined by a teenager who threatened and raped him‚ which is shown in page 4‚ panel 1 and 2. Even
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