TY - JOUR
T1 - Stories of straightening up
T2 - Reading femmes in the archives of romantic friendship
AU - Vanhaitsma, Pamela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Michigan State University. Pamela VanHaitsma, All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Archives are central to GLBTQ worldmaking. Recognizing the importance of archives, and building on increased interest in "archive stories," this essay shares archive stories of what I theorize as "straightening up." My conception of straightening up emerges from stories of reading and being read as a self-identified queer femme in the archives of romantic friendship. Ultimately, the essay underscores the inventive possibilities of archive stories, showing how stories of straightening up may prompt queer scholars to reflect critically on questions of archival embodiment and reading.
AB - Archives are central to GLBTQ worldmaking. Recognizing the importance of archives, and building on increased interest in "archive stories," this essay shares archive stories of what I theorize as "straightening up." My conception of straightening up emerges from stories of reading and being read as a self-identified queer femme in the archives of romantic friendship. Ultimately, the essay underscores the inventive possibilities of archive stories, showing how stories of straightening up may prompt queer scholars to reflect critically on questions of archival embodiment and reading.
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U2 - 10.14321/qed.6.3.0001
DO - 10.14321/qed.6.3.0001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079856940
SN - 2327-1574
VL - 6
SP - 1
EP - 24
JO - QED
JF - QED
IS - 3
ER -