Role of Oppositional Institutions Versus Individual Activism, and Limits to What Organizations can achieve.
Be sure to include analysis of your positionality in response to one of the questions below:
1). According to Ono and Pham and what you can make of Puar’s argument, what is the role of oppositional institutions versus individual activism. What are the limits to what organizations can achieve?
2). According to Puar, what are the limits of oppositional institutions after 9/11 in their participation in model minority and queer exceptionalism and “homonationalism” specifically?
3). Discuss any ideas that you found significant or questions that you had about Puar’s analysis, which is admittedly extremely difficult to follow.
4). Explore the limits to representation and identity politics in cultural studies, especially the focus on the visual. According to Puar, what additional relationships do we need to consider beyond visual culture and why?
5). What is the cultural significance of the turban and why does Puar think it has become the focus of hate crimes? How does the turban reveal the limits to identity politics and approaches that focus on “good” representations?
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