SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Poor Folk, Outlet Store, Hillary Clinton
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Possibilities and perils of lgbtq representation: rise of representation of lgbtq population in pop culture, appropriation of queer culture, monolithic/homogenous representation of queer people (think back to mock and cox, anxious displacement. In pop culture: queerness as sameness , queerness as edgy . Possibilities: makes visible and therefore normalizes the presence of out lgbtq people, educates the public about lgbtq people. Anxious displacement: negatively codified social differences get displaced away from, in the case, lgbtq characters/relationships and thrust onto others in their orbit: cavalcante gives us two sites of engagement, new normal, modern family. What does anxious displacement look like here: race and racism, whiteness as a mechanism of legitimization, largely white casting, poc in subordinate position, rarely see qpoc, other racist stereotyping. Classism and monstrosity: homophobic and transphobic peoples portrayed as poor working class (ex: outlet mall in. Feminist interventions: liberal feminism-primarily preoccupied with institution.
