Holden believes that adults are so superficial that they simply don’t recognise their own insincerity. He is horrified to ...

A recent article by Samantha Stevens, Flora Oswald, and Jes Matsick, published in Personal Relationships, delves into the concept of same-sex performativity (SSP) among college-aged women, shedding ...

Comparative Literature Studies, Vol. 57, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: The Eighth Sino-American Symposium in Comparative and World Literature (2020), pp. 433-442 (10 pages ...

‘Honestly questioning the notion of whether you can be a good white person in a system of white supremacy’ A University of Portland theater featured Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse’s “The ...

This week, Judith Butler joins panelists Roy Blount, Jr., Maz Jobrani, and Faith Salie to talk about gender, performativity, and their dream of becoming a clown.

These essays,""a palimpsest of previously published and unpublished material,"" find Sedgwick expanding her impressive critical powers to areas beyond literature and politics. Though she's best known ...

A concept that has significantly influenced gender theory, gender performativity enables a more fluid understanding of gender by challenging fixed notions of identity. Poststructuralist scholar Judith ...

This article examines characterisation and symbolism as narrative strategies that challenge anti-LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) cultures in four short stories – Stanley ...