Analysis Project

Course material required:
José E. Muñoz. Introduction to Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics. University of Minnesota Press, 1999. 1-36. (uploaded)
“Vacating The Here And Now For a There and Then: Remembering José Esteban Muñoz”- Emily Colucci http://lareviewofbooks.org/article/vacating-now-remembering-jose-esteban-munoz
“Disidifications” student blog post by Anna Sorti (2015) http://www.annamstorti.com/musings/disidentifications
Pride Inside Cabaret: https://www.cbc.ca/player/arts/queer%20pride%20inside
The proposal is done, Please refer to the questions raised in the proposal, the thesis statement, the materials planned to be used, and the performance planned to be written.
Intro of final project:
Research essay or long form journalistic essay of approx. 2000-2500 words. You need to use at least 3 course readings/materials and can refer to outside digital media and up to 1 sources.
In Week 9 we read José Muñoz’s Introduction to Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics. We also watched segments of the Pride Inside Cabaret.

Engaging with and mobilizing Muñoz’s theory of disidentification as a survival strategy and method that involves “working on and against” dominant cultural representations of minoritized people, especially queers and trans-people of color, write an essay in which you develop an analysis of 2-3 of the Pride Inside Cabaret performances.
How are these performers engaging with the method and strategy of disidentification? And to what end? How does disidentification work in this performance or these performances?

In addition to Muñoz, include direct reference to 2 other course readings (or other material) that helps you build your analysis. You may reference up to 2 outside sources.
make sure that our course materials are your main resources
you must reference at least 3 course readings and up to 2 external sources. Make sure the course materials are your MAIN sources!

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