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Keyword #5 Due 

for this Keyword, you must deal directly with Muñoz’s Introduction to Disidentifications; you may also integrate material from the Pride Inside Cabaret (we will be watching parts of this in class on Thursday), and material from the blog posts I have included here to help you make your way through the Disidentifications reading, since it is quite dense. 
As always, but ESPECIALLY when reading a complex text like Muñoz’s, make sure to practice active reading: highlight the things that make sense to you, and make note of your questions. Keep in mind that you don’t need to understand everything about this text! Try to identify one key idea, method or definition from the text and develop this into your keyword! 

Here are sections of the Pride Inside Cabaret that are currently available online: https://www.cbc.ca/player/arts/queer%20pride%20inside (Links to an external site.) 
Required Reading:

José E. Muñoz. Introduction to Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics. University of Minnesota Press, 1999. 1-36. Munoz Intro Disidentifications.pdf  Download Munoz Intro Disidentifications.pdf  OPTION: you may read only till page 13, since this is likely what we will cover in class on Thursday. 

Supplemental Reading (blog posts about disidentifications as a mode of performance and survival):

“Vacating The Here And Now For a There and Then: Remembering José Esteban Muñoz”- Emily Colucci https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/vacating-now-remembering-jose-esteban-munoz/ (Links to an external site.) 
“Disidifications” student blog post by Anna Sorti (2015) http://www.annamstorti.com/musings/disidentifications (Links to an external site.)