Opacity – Minority – Improvisation
An Exploration of the Closet Through Queer Slangs and Postcolonial Theory
The expression »to come out of the closet« calls for an analysis of how language and notional as well as social spaces interact and intersect to constitute »queer«. This performative book, a product of artistic research, is an exploration of the proverbial closet through linguistics, queer, and postcolonial theory. It is a project in which opacity, minority, and improvisation happen on the levels of content, analysis, and typography. Eleven queer slangs from around the world become part of an exploration of queerness and knowledge from the Periphery through autoethnography, Édouard Glissant's concept of opacity, José Muñoz's disidentifications, and Gloria Anzaldúa's performative writing. Theory, personal accounts, and art are interwoven to offer an interdisciplinary reading of the slangs as queer methods of survival and resistance.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 8 -
Acknowledgements
Seiten 9 - 12 -
Introduction
Seiten 13 - 30 -
The Chronicles of the Closet
Seiten 31 - 74 -
Opacity
Seiten 75 - 118 -
Minority
Seiten 119 - 138 -
Mom's the Word or Take Sertraline with Me (if you want to)
Seiten 139 - 168 -
Tô passada!
Seiten 169 - 180 -
Endnotes
Seiten 181 - 218 -
Bibliography
Seiten 219 - 230
11 May 2020, 230 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-5133-1
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