SOC367H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Metanarrative, Gay Liberation, Africville
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Idea of grand narratives vs. sub-textual narratives (impact grand) Story of memory making and how we understand the nation state we live in. The idea of consent, a woman who can or cannot consent- all the subtexts tell you if consent is possible vulnerability, beauty ideals, refugee, aggression etc. Connecting all articles- all talking about narratives and looking at context specifics, we need to think about interpersonal reactions, histories of representation and mundane unconscious responses. The truth about stories is, that"s all we are . You have to be careful with the stories you tell. And you have to watch out for the stories that are told. Thomas king, the truth about stories: a native narrative. Anti-sexist men"s movement work critiqued as heterocentrist: gayness in addition to manhood, analogous to ng"s experience of gender and racial oppression as a totality (cannot be/not separate realms for ng) of lived experience.
