SOC 603 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sexuality And Gender Identity-Based Cultures, Homonationalism, Western National
10 Sep 2018
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Globalization of queer culture; queerness as a globalized and westernized identity. The term diaspora is usually tied to ethno-national groups. With queer diaspora, what ties them is their sexual identities. Martin f. manalansan in global divas (2003). About how queer latinos stick together- form a queer diaspora. Queer diaspora: is a move not from one origin to many destinies (like traditional understanding of diaspora), but a wave of movement that is identified through an attachment to a. It is a framework that challenges national and state understanding of diaspora. (nationalism) It rests on two main practices: 1) the creation of queer spaces/locations and 2) a creation of translational and global multicultural network of connections of queer cultures and communities (anne-marie fortier) Doesn"t necessarily look at you came from one place, but its about the destination- finding home elsewhere. Movement of migration that doesn"t necessarily move around western national lines.
