week 8

Question 1

davis

Answer 1

• context is important because the term and its meaning can vary from tribe to tribe
• ie. the rocky-mountain two-spirit group were unfamiliar with two-spirit identity
• some people may not use the word because they may not feel comfortable claiming certain gendered ceremonial roles

Question 2

barrett - white woman speak

Answer 2

• WWS: suggests an ambivalent, sometimes critical/angry view of whiteness that is more simple than wanting to be white/a woman
• indexes social class, rather than race or gender

Question 3

barrett - intersectionality of race, gender and sexuality

Answer 3

• feminine speech in african american drag queens involves indexical disjuncture that question norms of gender, race, and class
• through style-switching (WWS and AAE)

Question 4

barett - drag queen registers

Answer 4

• “tea” = gossip
• “throw shade” = does not require direct speech, emitting fierceness without proclaiming one’s own flawlessness or reading the flaws of others
• feminine speaking style but with masculine voice sometimes breaking during the performance

Question 5

difference between indigiqueer and two-spirit

Answer 5

• indigiqueer: to acknowledge that not all LGBTQIA+ indigenous people relate to the two-spirit identity; embodies a “braiding” of two worlds
• two-spirit: indigenous historical term referring to someone who embodies both feminine and masculine qualities