Disidentifications
Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics
About this book
There is more to identity than identifying with one’s culture or standing solidly against it. José Esteban Muñoz looks at how those outside the racial and sexual mainstream negotiate majority culture—not by aligning themselves with or against exclusionary works but rather by transforming these works for their own cultural purposes. Muñoz calls this process “disidentification,” and through a study of its workings, he develops a new perspective on minority performance, survival, and activism.
Subjects
- art, political aspects
- beeldvorming
- ethnic studies - general
- gay culture
- gay & lesbian studies
- gay men
- gays
- gays, identity
- gays in popular culture
- gays, social conditions
- gay studies
- general
- hispanic american gay men
- hispanic american gays
- hispanic american lesbians
- homoseksualiteit
- identity
- lesbians
- lesbian studies
- lgbtq
- minderheden
- minorities, united states, social conditions
- minority gays
- minority lesbians
- performance art
- performances
- performing arts
- political aspects
- political aspects of performance art
- queer
- queer theory
- social conditions
- social groups & communities
- social science
- sociology
- united states
- usa