Patrick Santoro
Biographic Data
| ID | 237240 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Santoro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Santoro |
| SIGNATURE | SANTORO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Staging Sexual Assault
This essay examines a staged production of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland reimagined through the lens of childhood sexual assault. Primarily, it serves as a pedagogical case study of theoretical and practical approaches for conceptualizing, staging, and reflecting on performance as activism. Incorporating the director’s/author’s own voice, alongside that of the cast, it creates the possibility for understanding sexual assault and theatrical …
Queerscape: Embodying Landscape and Rupture in Auto/ethnography
Auto/ethnography is not an apolitical endeavor, and as a queer researcher, I never lose sight of the sensibilities that influence my work. Leading with an explicit queer positionality and relying upon critical reflexivity, this essay focuses on my two-year fieldwork in rural, conservative Old Shawneetown, Illinois. I begin by navigating the natural landscape, illustrating how Shawneetown's flood-ravaged landscape implicates (my) queer identity—as…
Performing Landscapes of/and Loss
At the Mercy of Ruin is a solo performance illuminating the metaphoric and embodied experiences of personal loss as understood in the wake of decayed geography. As a work of autoethnography, the piece renders moments at various sites of ruined landscapes and of the autobiographical (in)sights of loss gleaned in their presence, particularly that of the unexpected death of a partner, the estranged relationship with an alcoholic father, and the cult…
Relationally Bare/Bear: Bodies of Loss and Love
This article is an autoethnographic account of the intricacies surrounding relational dissolution. In tracing moments of a four-year relationship, the author critically and reflexively examines his identity as a gay Bear, acknowledging how his culturally stigmatized hairy and husky body challenged his ability to love. Emphasizing the demanding and unending negotiations of body image, the narratives herein reveal how losing weight allowed the auth…
Re-Imagining Possibilities: Honoring the Work of Carolyn Ellis and Art Bochner
Relationally Bare/Bear: Bodies of Loss and Love
This article is an autoethnographic account of the intricacies surrounding relational dissolution. In tracing moments of a four-year relationship, the author critically and reflexively examines his identity as a gay Bear, acknowledging how his culturally stigmatized hairy and husky body challenged his ability to love. Emphasizing the demanding and unending negotiations of body image, the narratives herein reveal how losing weight allowed the auth…
Performing Landscapes of/and Loss
At the Mercy of Ruin is a solo performance illuminating the metaphoric and embodied experiences of personal loss as understood in the wake of decayed geography. As a work of autoethnography, the piece renders moments at various sites of ruined landscapes and of the autobiographical (in)sights of loss gleaned in their presence, particularly that of the unexpected death of a partner, the estranged relationship with an alcoholic father, and the cult…
Re-Imagining Possibilities: Honoring the Work of Carolyn Ellis and Art Bochner
Re-Imagining Possibilities: Honoring the Work of Carolyn Ellis and Art Bochner
Relationally Bare/Bear: Bodies of Loss and Love
This article is an autoethnographic account of the intricacies surrounding relational dissolution. In tracing moments of a four-year relationship, the author critically and reflexively examines his identity as a gay Bear, acknowledging how his culturally stigmatized hairy and husky body challenged his ability to love. Emphasizing the demanding and unending negotiations of body image, the narratives herein reveal how losing weight allowed the auth…
Performing Landscapes of/and Loss
At the Mercy of Ruin is a solo performance illuminating the metaphoric and embodied experiences of personal loss as understood in the wake of decayed geography. As a work of autoethnography, the piece renders moments at various sites of ruined landscapes and of the autobiographical (in)sights of loss gleaned in their presence, particularly that of the unexpected death of a partner, the estranged relationship with an alcoholic father, and the cult…
Queerscape: Embodying Landscape and Rupture in Auto/ethnography
Auto/ethnography is not an apolitical endeavor, and as a queer researcher, I never lose sight of the sensibilities that influence my work. Leading with an explicit queer positionality and relying upon critical reflexivity, this essay focuses on my two-year fieldwork in rural, conservative Old Shawneetown, Illinois. I begin by navigating the natural landscape, illustrating how Shawneetown's flood-ravaged landscape implicates (my) queer identity—as…
Staging Sexual Assault
This essay examines a staged production of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland reimagined through the lens of childhood sexual assault. Primarily, it serves as a pedagogical case study of theoretical and practical approaches for conceptualizing, staging, and reflecting on performance as activism. Incorporating the director’s/author’s own voice, alongside that of the cast, it creates the possibility for understanding sexual assault and theatrical …
Aesthetics (5 works) · Art (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Autoethnography (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (3 works)