Graduation Year
Spring 2014
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Media Studies
Second Department
Economics
Reader 1
Ming Yuen S. Ma
Reader 2
Latika Chaudhary
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© 2013 Shane M. Zackery
Abstract
This video is a visual representation of the frustrations that I suffered from when I, a queer, gender non-conforming, person of color, went to “pasty normals” (a term defined by Jose Esteban Munoz to describe normative, non-exotic individuals) to get a definition of what Punk meant and where I fit into it. In this video, I personify the Punk music movement. Through my actions, I depart from the grainy, low-quality, amateur aesthetics of the Punk film and music genres and create a new world where the Queer Person of Color defines Punk. In the piece, Punk definitively says, “Don’t try to define me. Shut up and leave me to rest.”
Recommended Citation
Zackery, Shane M., "The Genre Formerly Known As Punk: A Queer Person of Color's Perspective on the Scene" (2014). Scripps Senior Theses. 334.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/334
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Other Film and Media Studies Commons, Other Music Commons
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