"Queer Indigenous Literature" with Jas M. Morgan
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Come for the indigenous activism, stay for the queer joy – the delightful Dr Jas M. Morgan (Toronto Metropolitan University) is here for both. In this deep dive into queer...
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Terms, people and texts mentioned:
Cree-Métis-Saulteaux
Wahkohtowin
Cree
Nîtisânak (Metonymy Press, @metonymypress)
Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home
Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts
Jenn Shapland’s My Autobiography of Carson McCullers
Lisa Tatonetti
Lacan
Turtle Island
Orlando
Brené Brown
Joshua Whitehead
Tommy Pico
Chrystos
Aiyanna Maracle
Egerton Ryerson
Yellowhead Institute
Katherena Vermette’s The Strangers
Showgirls
Sapphic
Dana Danger
https://jasmorgan.com/2017/05/10/canadian-art-making-space-in-indigenous-art-for-bull-dykes-and-gender-weirdos/
Brandi Bird’s I am Still Too Much
@brandibird_
Rahila’s Ghost Press
@rahilasghost
Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:
1.What is the role of kinship in indigenous literature and storytelling? Can you connect this to queer kinship?
2.Why, does Jas explain, were their queer studies approaches viewed negatively within the field of native studies when they started out in academia?
3.Why was Toronto Metropolitan University recently renamed?
4.What does Jas think about the current interest in queer indigenous lifewriting?
5.What are your thoughts on collaboration and activism in academia?
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