I. Black women, religion, and autonomyII. Video: Judith butler on performativityIII. Heteronomativitya. The inversion of heteronormativity in the films of John WatersIV. Drag and “passing”Black women: reproducing the labor force and a gender script that relegated them to the work of labor in the fieldsEven with these gender scripts they found some sense of autonomyExample) African Brazilian womenStereotype of black women having a spiritual power. Gender scripts aren’t always negative, however this constrained black women from political power. Common image of an older black woman giving spiritual guidance.Gender is a Performative- Judith ButlerYour behavior creates your genderPerformatives produces a series of effectsBeing a man or woman is a phenomenon that is being produced and reproduced all the timeBullying tries to keep us in our gender place, “gender police”Gender is culturally formedHeteronomativity: gender roles policed by informal mechanisms including violenceJohn WatersMany of his films are placed in homonormativity is the norm and hetronormativity is notInverting normativityWhat if straight was gay and gay was straightProvides us with an idea of how absurd heteronormativity isDrag and “passing”Drag doesn’t aim toward a perfect impersonationAlways a gap between real and drag performanceDrag is usually exaggerated, binary of male and femaleDrag makes fun of the categories by over blowing the performance of femininityPassing is like drag, but if you’re good at passing no one in the audience can identify them as a male“passing” as a womanBlending inAre we ever in drag in our everyday lives?Over exaggerate our gender rolesAMST-A 1ST Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture I. Gendera. Gender InequalitiesII. IntersectionalityOutline of Current Lecture I. Black women, religion, and autonomy II. Video: Judith butler on performativityIII. Heteronomativitya. The inversion of heteronormativity in the films of John WatersIV. Drag and “passing”Current Lecture Black women: reproducing the labor force and a gender script that relegated them to the work of labor in the fields- Even with these gender scripts they found some sense of autonomy- Example) African Brazilian womeno Stereotype of black women having a spiritual power. Gender scripts aren’t always negative, however this constrained black women from political power.Common image of an older black woman giving spiritual guidance. Gender is a Performative- Judith Butler- Your behavior creates your gender- Performatives produces a series of effects- Being a man or woman is a phenomenon that is being produced and reproduced all the time- Bullying tries to keep us in our gender place, “gender police”- Gender is culturally formed Heteronomativity: gender roles policed by informal mechanisms including violence These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. John Waters- Many of his films are placed in homonormativity is the norm and hetronormativity is not- Inverting normativity- What if straight was gay and gay was straight- Provides us with an idea of how absurd heteronormativity is Drag and “passing”- Drag doesn’t aim toward a perfect impersonation - Always a gap between real and drag performance- Drag is usually exaggerated, binary of male and female- Drag makes fun of the categories by over blowing the performance of femininity - Passing is like drag, but if you’re good at passing no one in the audience can identify them as a male- “passing” as a woman- Blending in Are we ever in drag in our everyday lives?- Over exaggerate our gender