Disidentifications : Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics / José Esteban, Munoz [Texte imprimé]

Main Author: Munoz, José Esteban, AuteurLanguage: anglais.Country: Grande-Bretagne, États-Unis.Publication: Description: 1 vol. (XVII-227 p.) : ill., couv. ill. en coul. ; 26cmISBN: 0816630143; 0816630151.Series: Cultural studies of the Americas, Volume 2Abstract: 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.” Disidentifications attempts to fashion a queer world by working on, with, and against dominant ideology. By examining the process of identification in film, performance art, ethnography, Cuban choteo, gay male mass culture, museums, art photography, camp and drag, and television, Muñoz develops a new perspective on minority performance, survival, and activism..Bibliography: Notes bibliogr. Index.Subject - Topical Name: Homosexuels appartenant �a des minorit�es -- �Etats-Unis -- Conditions sociales | Art de performance -- Aspect politique -- �Etats-Unis Subject: disidentification | queers raciséEs | Vaginal Davis | Jean-Michel Basquiat | art | résistance à la norme | queer
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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.”
Disidentifications attempts to fashion a queer world by working on, with, and against dominant ideology. By examining the process of identification in film, performance art, ethnography, Cuban choteo, gay male mass culture, museums, art photography, camp and drag, and television, Muñoz develops a new perspective on minority performance, survival, and activism.

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