Date: Saturday, August 8

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

THEMATIC

Session 036: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Resistance and Joy
Room: Melville

Sponsor: Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities

Organizer &

Presider/Discussant: Ying-Chao Kao, Virginia Commonwealth University

Description: 

Following in the call from Shuster & Westbrook to center joy better in sociological work, this session looks at ways in which, amid a global rise of fascism and anti-LGBTQ+ movements, those of varying identities are engaging in resistance movements. In particular (though not limited only to this), we seek papers which look at how these resistance movements embrace cultures of joy as resistance tactics.

Papers:

“Joy as Method: Black Queer Placemaking in Higher Education and Family,” Amina P. Melendez-Mayfield, Arizona State University

“Bounded Desirability: How Anti-Blackness Shapes Interracial Intimacy among and between Queer Men of Color,” Jyun-Jie Yang, University of California, Davis

“When Sexual Roles Matter More Than ‘Gay’: Desire, Recognition, and Misalignment in Contemporary Chinese Gay Life,” Jiankai Yang, The University of Chicago

“Feeling Categorization: Gender Outside the Binary and Alternative Epistemologies,” Rae Willis-Conger, University of California, Berkeley

“From Doing to Being Transgender: A Collective Path to Inclusion,” Martina Speranza, University of Florida

“Trans Joy as Collective Practice: Filipino Domestic Workers and Sunday Public Gatherings in Hong Kong,” Dongyoung Kim, Boston University

“Resistant Legitimizing Body: Iranian Women and the Decolonization of Moral Legitimacy,” Neda Haji Vosough, Rowan University

“Joy as Resistance: Fugitive Organizational Practices under Racial Capitalism,” Marni S. Fritz, University of Illinois Chicago

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