Remembering Beyond the Self: Crossing Borders 2001

Authors

Jill Dolan, University of Texas at Austin

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 2001

Abstract

In a passionate keynote address at the third in CLAGS's series of "Crossing Borders" conferences, Cherríe Moraga called on conference participants to "hold the pussy in public," to join otherwise isolated Latina/o artists in bringing racialized queerness into public debate. Presented at the University of Texas at Austin in February, "Crossing Borders 2001: U.S. Latina/o Queer Performance" was linked by its coalitional politics around race and ethnicity—broadly figured as latinidad—and gender and sexuality. This three-day gathering was sponsored by CLAGS through a generous gift from the Michael C.P. Ryan Estate and co-sponsored by the Center for Dramatic and Performance Studies at the Department of Theatre and Dance at UT.

Comments

This article was originally published in CLAGSNews, vol. 11, no. 2.