Presenter Information

Ian ClarkFollow

Document Type

Panel Presentation

Start Date

19-4-2019 9:15 AM

End Date

19-4-2019 10:30 AM

Keywords

Gender, Film, Gender Performance

Biography

Ian Clark is a senior sociology major, with minors in sexuality studies and Latin. His primary fields of interest are gender and sexuality.

Major

Sociology

Advisor for this project

Walter Squire

Abstract

'Gender Performance in Priscilla' evaluates the way that the 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert depicts a wide arrange of gender performances.This paper takes into account not only the gender identities and expressions of the characters in the film, but the way some of these expressions/ identities are racialized and how all of the facets of the characters' genders interact with one another.

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Gender Performance in Priscilla

'Gender Performance in Priscilla' evaluates the way that the 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert depicts a wide arrange of gender performances.This paper takes into account not only the gender identities and expressions of the characters in the film, but the way some of these expressions/ identities are racialized and how all of the facets of the characters' genders interact with one another.