GSFS 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Amy Schumer, Ashgate Publishing, Performativity

• School: McGill University
• Department: Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies
• Course: GSFS 400
• Professor: Mary Bunch

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Size and fit: robyn longhirst. (cid:498)queering body size and shape: performativity, the closet, shame and orientation. (cid:499) in queering fat embodiment, edited by cat paus , jackie wykes and samantha murray. 13 25 (12 pg: rosemarie garland-thomson. (cid:498)misfits: a feminist materialist disability concept. (cid:499) Final paper: really about using theories to reflect upon our experience, not so much about research, but more about engaging with theories, create argument and come to a conclusion based on a combination of the two. Presentation #1: looking at body size and face in the form of performativity, the materiality of differently shaped bodies, theory of closet, thinking of fat embodiment as in or out of the closet. Subverting and then celebrating forms of oppression, because it(cid:495)s a doesn(cid:495)t subvert the shame around it. She did this by exposing herself to fat bodies and then decided to find attributes on fat bodies beautiful rather than disgusting.