Playing with stereotypes and building a queer community : race, sexuality and the stand-up comedy of Margaret Cho

This project interrogates stand-up comedian Margaret Cho’s queer community-building and cross-identification with her queer fans through her performance of sexual and racial stereotypes, including the fag hag, the Asian American immigrant, and the black drag queen. A close look at Cho’s work in this respect reveals the efficacy, limitations, and risks of the performance of stereotypes, as well as stand-up comedy and popular entertainment in general, in serving as a site that promotes community-building and challenges sexual, racial, gender, and class oppressions.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theatre

Grantor

The University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Yang, Yi-fen, 1979-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Paredez, Deborah, 1970-

• Margaret Cho
• Gender identity
• Sexuality

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Identifier

doi:10.15781/T2J96092D

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/38785