{"id":277,"date":"2022-09-18T03:43:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T03:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/?p=277"},"modified":"2022-09-18T03:43:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T03:43:21","slug":"journal-2-carmen-yohannes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/journal-2-carmen-yohannes\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal 2: Carmen Yohannes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What are the possibilities of politicizing disidentification, this experience of misrecognition, this uneasy sense of standing under a sign to which one does not belong? Butler answers: \u2018it may be that the affirmation of that slippage, that the failure of identification, is itself the point of departure for a more democratizing affirmation of internal difference”(Mu\u00f1oz 12).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Initially when I read this passage, it went completely over my head and I was unsure of the point that the author was trying to get across. However, after further analyzing it, I recognized the fascinating picture the author was painting about identity. It depicts a scenario in which the reader must place themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mu\u00f1oz tells the reader to imagine themselves in a position in which their identity is floating above them; however, it is a  forgein identity in which they do not feel connected with. Essentially they are forced to fit into a box they do not belong in. However, acknowledging the possibility of this disparity is the first step in creating a more accepting place for everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After finally getting a better grasp on the message in which the author was trying to portray, it was intriguing to look into the writing style. Within this short passage, the author uses isolating commas<\/strong> multiple times. For example, Mu\u00f1oz will introduce a term to the reader such as \u2018disidentification\u2019 and reiterate the term between a set of isolating commas by saying \u2018 this experience of misrecognition\u2019. This allows the reader to fully\u00a0 understand vocabulary that may otherwise be unfamiliar. Since this is continued\u00a0 again with \u2018slippage\u2019 defined as \u2018 the failure of identification\u2019,\u00a0 it is fair to assume that this piece is not only attended the specific group rather anyone is the general public willing to reflect\u00a0more about this topic\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally, my \u2018lock\u2019<\/strong> when\u00a0 reading the passage,\u00a0 was the term \u2018democratizing\u2019 because I was unsure how it fit into this passage let alone the topic of identity. With that, I looked up possible other definitions and found \u2018make (something) accessible to everyone\u2019 (Google). I associate this word with meaning inclusivity and a safe place for identifying freely. This single definition really put together this excerpt\u00a0 and led me to a greater understanding of Mu\u00f1oz\u2019s message.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, on the other hand, the analogy in the first sentence\u00a0 was my \u2018key\u2019<\/strong> because it made the idea of disidentification very easy to understand. I was able to picture an identifying sign floating above me and conjure up an idea of how it would feel to have a false identity floating above my head. This was very eye opening because it gives the opportunity for a wide rage of individuals to sympathize regardless of having ever felt that way. Overall, taking the time to analyze the excerpt gave me clarity about the theme.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What are the possibilities of politicizing disidentification, this experience of misrecognition, this uneasy sense of standing under a sign to which one does not belong? Butler answers: \u2018it may be that the affirmation of that slippage, that the failure of identification, is itself the point of departure for a more democratizing affirmation of internal difference”(Mu\u00f1oz… Continue reading Journal 2: Carmen Yohannes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7247,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}