Essays about: "queer literature"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words queer literature.

1. 1. Pursuits of the body: Sensory realities in Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Rebecca Sonesson; [2023-07-07]
   Keywords : Horror; Clive Barker; gothic literature; The Hellbound Heart; literary studies; body horror; new materialism; splatterpunk; the weird;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how corporeality is represented within horror literature, and if the depicted corporeality can be read in a more material way rather than in a metaphorical way. By using the character of Frank from Clive Barker’s novel The Hellbound Heart, the relation between representations of corporeality and physical materiality is examined. READ MORE

3. 2. Gender Indeterminacy in English to French Translation: Case Study of Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Caroline Grand-Clement; [2023-03-17]
   Keywords : Leslie Feinberg; Stone Butch Blues; gender indeterminacy; English to French translation; queer literature; grammatical gender; gender agreement;

   Abstract : This essay explores how characters’ gender indeterminacy in English fiction texts can be translated into French, and which translation choices are available to achieve its preservation. The translation of Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues by Hystériques & AssociéEs is made the focus of this essay, as the gendering in French of the main character, Jess, is examined. READ MORE

4. 3. “Do You Hear My Voice?”: LGBTIQA+ Solidarity and Resistance in Kahramanmaraş Earthquake in Türkiye through Lubunya Earthquake Solidarity Network

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Gizem Ece Tiglioglu Gümüs; [2023]
   Keywords : LGBTIQA ; solidarity networks; resistance; mutual aid; disaster risk governance; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : People-centered, whole-of-society, and gender-sensitive approaches are increasingly recognized in disaster risk reduction. In contrast, consideration of LGBTIQA+ communities and their experiences in disaster settings still has not been globally mainstreamed and integrated into the existing disaster risk management policies. READ MORE

5. 4. Multidimensional Effects of anti-LGBTQI Discrimination. : A case study of Dar Es Salaam’s LGBTQI community; Lived realities of queerphobia in Tanzania.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Adam Burford; [2023]
   Keywords : Tanzania; discrimination; LGBTQI; SOGIESC.;

   Abstract : ‘The LGBTQ community is not sinful and criminal’ was a quote made by Pope Francis at the time of writing this paper on his sub-Saharan tour in Kinshasa (NPR, 2023), denouncing LGBTQI criminalisation as ‘unjust’. At present, 33 of the 68 countries globally who criminalise homosexuality are African (Varella, 2022). READ MORE

6. 5. Teaching Coming Out Stories through Young Adult Literature in Upper Secondary School : Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Jennifer Maraoge; [2023]
   Keywords : Queer; Anti-Oppressive Education; Queer Pedagogy; Silenced Discourse; Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe; Swedish Curriculum; Upper Secondary School; Young Adult Literature; Ethnic Minorities; Coming Out Story;

   Abstract : The Young Adult novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe portrays the coming out stories of two queer Mexican American boys who struggle with their ethnicity and sexuality, which leads to internal conflicts. The focus of the analysis in the essay is to investigate how the novel can be taught in Upper Secondary classrooms through queer pedagogy and anti-oppressive approaches focusing on silenced discourse. READ MORE