5/10/2023 0 Comments Cockeyed by ryan knighton![]() ![]() While in Diamond Grill, faking it means passing as a privileged member of the dominant racial group in spite of partially being a member of a minority group, in Cockeyed, faking it takes a different meaning: it refers to the attempt to superficially appear ‘normal’ despite having a physical disability. ![]() Although I seek to compare these texts, particular emphasis will be placed on “faking it” in Cockeyed. Following our in-class discussion of “faking it” in the context of Ryan Knighton’s memoir Cockeyed, as well as our more extensive exploration of the concept earlier in the term as it relates to Fred Wah’s biotext Diamond Grill, I thought that it could be useful to compare the ways in which the idea of identity performances or “faking it” is approached in these two drastically different autobiographical texts. ![]()
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