Transgender Tapatybių Diskursas: Camp Jautrumo Realizavimas Miuzikle „Priscila, Dykumos Karalienė“
Discourse of Transgender Identities: Realisation of Camp Sensibility in the Musical “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”
Author(s): Gintarė NarauskaitėSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Gender Studies, Social Philosophy, Social differentiation, Demography and human biology
Published by: Visuomeninė organizacija »LOGOS«
Keywords: camp sensibility; camp aesthetics; drag queens; transgender; musical: Priscilla; Queen of the Desert;
Summary/Abstract: The article highlights the discourse of camp sensibility and analyses a 2013–2014 British musical “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” on the basis of the theoretical perspectives of camp sensibility. Analysis of the musical reveals the way performances of drag queens implement hyperbolised practices of femininity and presents camp aesthetics by using lively, colourful and decorative visualisations – an excess and continuity of which expunges an element of subversion. The article notes that hyperbolization is characteristic not only of drag queens but also of other characters in the musical. These characters do not create a clear confrontational opposition to transgender subjects, since many characters of the musical are a part of camp.
Journal: LOGOS - A Journal of Religion, Philosophy, Comparative Cultural Studies and Art
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 84
- Page Range: 195-200
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Lithuanian