I have chosen the key-word Queerness.
DEFINITION: I think it is an intersectionality of multiple identities that challenges the mainstream, heteronormative ideas of gender and sexuality.
PURPOSE: I intend to create a blog post. An example of this format is the Huffington Post, and some of the generic conventions of this format are 1) educational presentation on a sub topic, 2) contains other media types such as images and charts for reader engagement, and 3) informal and easily accessible.
CONTENT: I intend to talk about my key-word in relation to how queerness is defined and expressed in India and Indonesia and how the different and unique vocabulary better encapsulates their identities compared to Western vocabulary.
COURSE THEMATIC: I think that my key concept intersects/overlaps with class because it examines the intersectionality of race and culture with gender and sexuality and overlaps with queer theory in general since this blog post will also dismantle notions of “normative” and “deviant” queerness and how identities are socially constructed.
QUESTIONS: I am struggling with/ cannot seem to figure out/ do not know how many examples I should use. I want to discuss India and Indonesia primarily since I already have some knowledge about those two but I’m not sure if I should include one more because I also don’t want my content to feel too scattered and chaotic and would rather just do the two examples and analyze it more.
SOURCES: I have decided to use the following five sources, because they have extensive data about queer subjectivities in non-western cultures that I can use to support my own post:
https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1744-8603-3-8
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-58901-5_2