University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Queerianity: Making sense of Two Conflicting Identities

Park, Suey

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Title
Queerianity: Making sense of Two Conflicting Identities
Author(s)
Park, Suey
Issue Date
2012-05
Keyword(s)
  • queer
  • religion
  • Christian
  • spirituality
  • sexuality
  • orientation
Abstract
My research is on the topic of the intersection of LGBT and Christian identities within individuals. Historically, there has been much tension between the queer and Christian communities and I am interested in understanding how individuals make sense of identifying as both queer and Christian.
Series/Report Name or Number
  • GWS 467/HIST 396 Locating Queer Culture Spring 2012
  • Instructor, Siobhan Somerville
  • Our goal for this course was to create original research projects about queer culture, with a special focus on our local context, the University of Illinois, in relation to the surrounding Urbana-Champaign area. Our guiding questions included: What are the various ways of defining “queer”? What counts as “culture”? Where do we find queer culture? How is queer culture produced, sustained, or transformed? How do institutions (such as universities) help to produce or erase queer culture? What roles do race, class, and/or gender play in the production and/or visibility of queer culture? Our course texts included selected examples of queer cultural production, including film, novels, television, magazines, and music. Assignments were designed around two research projects: (1) an archival research project on some aspect of local queer history and (2) an ethnographic research project on some aspect of contemporary local queer culture.
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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