Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics

Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics

There is more to identity than identifying with one’s culture or standing solidly against it. José Esteban Muñoz looks at how those outside the racial and sexual mainstream negotiate majority culture—…

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