They’re just like us only fictional

An analysis on the materiality of LGBTQI+ representation

Bibliographic Data

ID12370113
AuthorsAriel Kizer (Louisiana State University, corresponding author), Ethan Hunter (0000-0001-8822-7602, Louisiana State University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume43
Issue1
Pages62-69
Publication date2022-03-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueText and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10462937.2022.2046845
OpenAlexW4220807666
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited43

Practically Perfect is a two-person show about our experiences growing up Queer and trying to be perfect. It is a performance experiment through which we analyzed our memories of mediated LGBTQI+ characters and by which we document our research on the material impact those media representations had on our Queer identity building. Through Practically Perfect, we theorize performance methods as survival tactics for Queer adolescents in the process of identity building. Further, we assert that it is through the performance of coming-of-age personal narratives that we rewrite our traumas, relearn behaviors, and re-member new ways to grow up Queer

Aesthetics · Art · Identity (music · Literature · Materiality (auditing · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Queer · Representation (politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology