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QUEER THEORY
Definition...
An ironic and
over the top
performance
Overly elaborate
costume and eye
make-up
Uses feminine
and camp
gestures
Not what we
would
consider
macho.
Judith Butler (1999)
homo-erotic
overtones...ironically
camp.
Contemporary Texts
Positive in that it
Represented represented gay
gay culture in culture rather than
Manchester an individual
character
Brokeback Mountain (2006)
Masculine traits
very
Also successful in
appropriates business,
female seemingly in
constructs charge of her
own career
Parodic drag
performances
Disrupts the
male gaze
In conclusion...