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I Don’t Like Macho, Put It Away: Considering Queercore Men in Context
| Directed Readings: Subcultural Masculinity | WGST 6800 |
| Graduate Certificate in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies | Fall 2012 |
Abstract
This paper considers the different construction of masculinity in the queercore punk scene compared to its mainstream counterpart. Using lyrics and acts of drag through a cultural engine of the Do It Yourself ethic queers mainstream masculinity in acts of queer terrorism. Do these acts challenge mainstream constructions of masculinity or do these acts provide a way for queercore to reinterpret masculinity for its own context?
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