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Disidentifications: Queers Of Color And The Performance Of Politics
José Esteban Muñoz
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Description for Disidentifications: Queers Of Color And The Performance Of Politics
Paperback. Series: Cultural Studies of the Americas S. Num Pages: 192 pages, 31 b&w photographs, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AS; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 252 x 13. Weight in Grams: 448.
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.Disidentifications is also something of a performance in its own right, an attempt to fashion a queer world by working on, with, and against dominant ideology. By examining ... Read more
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.Disidentifications is also something of a performance in its own right, an attempt to fashion a queer world by working on, with, and against dominant ideology. By examining ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
Cultural Studies of the Americas S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816630158
SKU
V9780816630158
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About José Esteban Muñoz
José Esteban Muñoz (1967–2013) was assistant professor of performance studies at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
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