Reading for Friday, April 9:

Read the Google Book excerpt of CJ Pascoe's Dude, You're a Fag . This text serves as an excellent example of how contemporary ethnographies are written, both creatively and in the incorporation of secondary source material to further the author's (Pascoe's) ideas on sexuality in high school society.

Answer the following questions, and be prepared to discuss (and turn in):

1. List the various ways Pascoe uses secondary sources in the ethnography. Be thorough and specific in your explanation. For each way, provide an example (page number/author's last name).
2. What is Pascoe's overall thesis on how high schoolers look at sexuality, and which secondary sources seem to be most important to Pascoe's own analytical argument?
3. Briefly discuss what you liked about the way she structured the two main components of the ethnography -- the narrative & the analytical points.

*** Next class we will also discuss lines of inquiry that can be inspired from article, so you might want to think of questions about masculinity/sexuality the article made you think about...