Literature Review Queer Theory RuPaul’s Drag Race (RPDR) will be analyzed and interpreted alongside the application of Judith Butler’s queer theory in Gender Trouble (1999) and her essay “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory.” Butler’s ideology is reflected in RPDR and research has failed to interpret the show as a microcosm of a progressive society that accepts all genderqueer identities while repudiating gender roles. Her theory emphasizes the
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Reaction Paper #1 After reading “Queer Customs” and “The Not So Lonely Crowd”‚ I can honestly say I was a little more enamored with the “Queer Customs” section more than I was with the “The Not So Lonely Crowd” section. While I found “The Not So Lonely Crowd” section to be interesting especially with the Ohio State example as I love sports‚ I just found the “Queer Customs” section to be a lot more interesting for two specific examples that were brought up in the chapter. One was very intriguing
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Many Loves “Resolved to sing no songs henceforth but those of manly attachment” -Walt Whitman “Longing is a better muse than satisfaction”(1) says Regina Marler the author of ‘Queer Beat: How the Beats turned America onto sex’ and this is very true with regard to the nucleus of the generation which broke all rules of hegemonic‚ heterosexual‚ square society‚ a generation that questioned procreation itself‚ that regarded ‘manly love’ as the source of all enlightenment and divinity. Without Kerouac
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Book Review In Violence against Queer People: Race‚ Class‚ Gender and the Persistence of Anti LGBT Discrimination‚ Doug Meyer‚ through 8 chapters describes his research of LGBT community members and the circumstances they are put in while living their daily lives. This book is written for readers hoping to learn about inequality based on race‚ class‚ gender‚ and sexuality. At the beginning of the book‚ Meyer introduces the idea that violent LGBT experiences are rooted in more than just homophobia
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Critic Proper Veronika Decides to Die is a contemporary novel with an innovative plot that is undoubtedly avant-garde. Each character in the book plays an essential role and they have key contributions in forming the story’s notable and surprising twists. The story unfolds in a Slovenian town called Ljubljana. This is where the 24-year old Veronika leads her pleasing life with her tender family‚ casual men and sufficient job. Despite having these things which a usual youthful girl would cherish
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the classification of sex and gender based on two distinct groups based on masculinity and femininity. Queer theory is critical of gender binaries because these theorists feel that gender identity and sexual orientation are not definitive. Therefore‚ queer theory explains “that gender and sexual orientations are variable instead of fixed” (Queer Theory: What is Queer Theory?). Additionally‚ Queer theory is critical of heteronormativity. Heteronormativity is the idea that heterosexuality is the norm
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THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SPECIAL EVENTS: A CASE STUDY OF THE MOTHER CITY QUEER PROJECT (MCQP) 2009 by CHRISTIAAN HATTINGH Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree Magister Technologiae: Tourism and Hospitality Management in the Department of Tourism and Events of the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Supervisor: Professor JP Spencer Co-supervisor: Ms E Venske Cape Town Date submitted: May 2011 CPUT Copyright Information The
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Cultural imperialism is meant to make the culture and stories of an oppressed group seem inferior‚ while asserting that the culture and stories of the dominant‚ oppressing group are the norm or ideal. For black queer women‚ cultural imperialism means being subjected to dehumanizing stereotypes‚ exposed to a white beauty standards‚ and having their stories erased. Since we are so exposed to media like television‚ film‚ magazines‚ and advertisements‚ these mediums can be used as tools of cultural imperialism
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Homophobia in Media In the article "Identity Sedition and Pornography" by Pat Califia‚ she talks about‚ how as a female-feminist-leather-dike when she writes‚ she is more inclined to write gay sex stories. She states that even within the queer community people try to limit themselves to the things that should classify their identity‚ so she challenges the idea of getting out of our own gender boxes and cross the "boundaries of identity that challenge those limitations" (105). For Califia‚ her erotic
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years. I specifically want to understand why there exists an extraordinary lack of academic discourse regarding gender-nonconforming bodies in dance. To begin that discussion‚ it is imperative to examine the exclusion of queer and dance knowledge that leads to the omission of queer dance from academic discourse. When the reason behind these exclusions are understood‚ it becomes easier to see the roots of the gender-nonconforming bodies that are excluded from the academic dance-world. This piece
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