Abstract:
My research examines unprovoked acts of homophobic violence directed at gay Asian American males. The purpose of this examination is to link unprovoked acts of homophobic violence directed at gay Asian American males to binary gendered norms, values, and beliefs that are culturally entrenched in hegemonic language (Butler, 1990). This action enabled me to argue that objective words are not only uttered but also communicatively performed; attaching their positive and negative connotations to living people, liberating and justifying some while also stigmatizing and marginalizing others. For instance, the definition of "white" is clean, pure, and good, while "black" is defined as dirty, bad, and scary - now attach living people, sexes, and genders to these objective definitions that are in turn communicatively performed in action. |
