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Femme Fem(me)ininities: A Performative Queering
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Douglas, Erin Joan
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1091803962
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Year and Degree
2004, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
Abstract
Throughout my thesis I explore alternative fem(me)ininities. Such femmes re-signify femininity by means of disidentification and parody and in turn trouble notions of authenticity. Queer fem(me)inities critique heteronormative conceptions of femininity and sexuality. The texts and theories that I use to inform my theoretical framework of fem(me)ininities are: beside in Eve Kosofsky’s Touching Feeling, Judith Halberstam’s theories of minority femininities and masculinities in Female Masculinity, disidetification in Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues, queer parody in Mabel Maney’s Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy, S/M in Sarah Water’s Tipping the Velvet, and the troubling of authenticity in Showtime’s television series The L Word. This project is an exploration of alternative gender and sexuality performances. The queer theoretical frameworks from Judith Butler, Judith Halberstam, José Esteban Muñoz, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and Ann Cvetkovich have been integral to my theory of femme fem(me)ininities.
Committee
Madelyn Detloff (Advisor)
Pages
78 p.
Keywords
femme
;
queer theory
;
performance
;
performative
;
femininity
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Douglas, E. J. (2004).
Femme Fem(me)ininities: A Performative Queering
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1091803962
APA Style (7th edition)
Douglas, Erin.
Femme Fem(me)ininities: A Performative Queering.
2004. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1091803962.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Douglas, Erin. "Femme Fem(me)ininities: A Performative Queering." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1091803962
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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