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Meet A Carleton U Scholarship Recipient 2010 |
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 Emerich Daroya completed undergraduate studies in Political Science and Sociology at York University and is currently working on an MA in Sociology at Carleton University. Emerich's main areas of interest are on sexuality studies, queer theory, critical race theory, and intersectionality. And his research is aimed at addressing the gaps in literature on the sociology of desire, which is largely absent from sexuality studies. He wishes to expand the idea of desire to racialized desire, specifically in the context of the LGBT community. Emerich wants to focus on gay Asian men as a case-study of the intersections of race, gender-expression, class, and sexuality with desires and desirability.
Emerich wants to problematise the existence of the hegemonic White masculine ideology in the gay community and juxtapose this with desires. Also, he wants to investigate the narratives of desire used by gay White men who are in interracial relationships with gay Asian men and find out how racialized desires are deeply ingrained in these narratives. Through his research, Emerich wishes to overcome the rhetoric and belief that desires and/or racial preferences are largely personal choices. And, in his own words, "I want to debunk these beliefs and make an argument that desires and/or racial preferences are connected with larger political, economic, social, and cultural structures". Originally from the Philippines, Emerich moved to Toronto when he was in high school. |
