Deviant and Ashamed: Queer Indigenous Subject Formation in the Age of Grindr
In my contribution, I analyze shame, specifically ‘queer shame’ as an affect in Billy Ray-Belcourt’s (Driftpile Cree) essay “Loneliness in the Age of Grindr” which is from his A History of My Brief Body (2020). I examine how the queer Indigenous subject is formed through shame by participating in c...
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In my contribution, I analyze shame, specifically ‘queer shame’ as an affect in Billy Ray-Belcourt’s (Driftpile Cree) essay “Loneliness in the Age of Grindr” which is from his A History of My Brief Body (2020). I examine how the queer Indigenous subject is formed through shame by participating in contemporary queer digital hookup culture and then later interacting with the Canadian public health system due to the possibility of HIV infection. In the essay, shame functions as an identity-forming affect, which is internalized, sometimes embraced, and also shaped by outside influences.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a55457d80948489cb772246e1f21e1e52024-11-14T19:40:18ZengRegensburg: Current objectives in postgraduate American studies c/o Universität Regensburg/Institut für Anglistik und AmerikanistikCurrent Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies1861-61272024-08-0125110.5283/copas.385Deviant and Ashamed: Queer Indigenous Subject Formation in the Age of GrindrCan Aydin0TU Dresden In my contribution, I analyze shame, specifically ‘queer shame’ as an affect in Billy Ray-Belcourt’s (Driftpile Cree) essay “Loneliness in the Age of Grindr” which is from his A History of My Brief Body (2020). I examine how the queer Indigenous subject is formed through shame by participating in contemporary queer digital hookup culture and then later interacting with the Canadian public health system due to the possibility of HIV infection. In the essay, shame functions as an identity-forming affect, which is internalized, sometimes embraced, and also shaped by outside influences. https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/copas/article/view/385shameQueerIndigenousFirst NationsAIDSGrindr |
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