Thursday, September 24, 2009

Mimicry and the Performance of Gender



In the off-chance that by 2025 this baby is a full-fledged feminine gay and one could trace back a genealogy of gestures and mannerisms, would this clip be in it? New media, new modes of mimicry, the possibility to archive the construction of gender performance?

The baby below is apparently a girl, so a possible archive of gender performance construction would qualify as conformant. But the mother's egging the toddler on with "shake your booty"? Gotta start them young, I suppose.

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