Queer Suburban Imaginaries
<p>This podcast consists in an introduction to the book of Karen Tongson’s book <em>Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries </em>(2011) that primarily situates its research in Orange County and the Inland Empire, both in Southern California. Demystifying the outsider imaginary of a white heteronormative suburbia, Karen makes for us a (non-exhaustive) inventory of the events and objects that populate these queer imaginaries. From the houses front yards to the mini-malls and from the the Studio K to the performances of JJ Chinois and British pop muisc, she recounts the navigation of queers bodies both in the space of suburbia and in the televisual/musical broadcasted environment.</p>
Host: Léopold Lambert
Guests: Karen Tongson
Part of: The Funambulist Podcast