Cindy Cruz
LGBTQ Youth of Color Video Making as Radical Curriculum: A Brother Mourning His Brother and a Theory in the Flesh
University of California, Santa Cruz
essay examines video poem curriculum lesbian gay bisexual transgender queer1 q lgbtqlesbian gay bisexual transgender queeris interchangeable questioning term queer terms youth used interchangeably reflected students ethnography named refused selfdesignate lgbtq students color continuation school los angeles california close reading video poem draws larger research project communitybased learning curriculum found lgbtq students color whose lives often intersect multiple oppressions reflexive pedagogical work storying self goodson 1998 develop critical consciousness interrogation bodies confront hiv survival sex violence racially queered selfbody particularly media work becomes rich representational tool used facilitate reflection praxical thinking multiple often simultaneous experiences latino african american lgbtq students pedagogical space urgency necessity radical politic emerges analysis intersection intermeshment student experiences theory flesh derived youth bodies may literally save life