An Archive of Pain: In Queer Suicide's Cultural Wake

Author

Evan Schares, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeFollow

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Communication Studies

Document Type

Dissertation

Abstract

In this dissertation, I argue that queer death is a chief site of political struggle over gender, race, and sexuality in contemporary culture. I consider myriad archives in the aftermath of three queer suicides, an aggregate of discourses I call cultural wakes, to examine how white affective investments circulate around the forces of racism, sexism, and citizenship. I place in situ the trauma of queer pain and loss against the global backdrop of public emotionality.

Date

3-15-2019

Recommended Citation

Schares, Evan, "An Archive of Pain: In Queer Suicide's Cultural Wake" (2019). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 4832.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/4832

Committee Chair

McCann, Bryan

DOI

10.31390/gradschool_dissertations.4832