Seeking intimacy: Queer agency, normativity, and emergent identities
Abstract
This paper provides a small snapshot of some of the issues regarding LGBTIQ+ experiences and identities. Of particular importance are the political and personal agencies of personhood and expression – how do individuals perform and experience gender and sexuality outside both heteronormativity and homonormativity? This paper analyses fluidity across geographies and mobilities, with a specific emphasis on age, categorization and identity expression. It also looks at sexual expression in individuals outside of dominant Western culture, as well as post-modern expressions of queerness and social media representations. Most importantly, the paper focuses on homonormativity, non-normativity, and divergent ways of being, interrogating the same-sex marriage debates and legislation in Australia.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
2019
Publication Title
Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
29764
Copyright
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Comments
Elund, J. (2019). Seeking intimacy: Queer agency, normativity, and emergent identities. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 33(5), 590-601.
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