Furry acts as non/human drag

A case study exploring queer of colour liveability through the fursona

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ID21877291
AuthorsHazel Ali Zaman (0000-0002-8604-4607, Portland State University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume8
Issue1
Pages99-114
Publication date2023-04-06
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueQueer Studies in Media & Popular Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2055-5695 • E-ISSN: 2055-5709
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/qsmpc_00090_1
OpenAlexW4362664614
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

This article seeks to explore how non/human drag has been utilized to perform queer of colour feelings, which result in a mess-making of identity-based relationalities. Rooted in a phenomenological exploration of the fursona, this queer narrative case study focuses on furry acts, or the act of creating and embodying a personalized fursona, as non/human drag that becomes a site for self-exploration and queer of colour becoming. In exploring furry acts, this study centres its focus on the material impacts of non/human drag performances and suggests that furry acts are improvised responses to queer of colour domestication. The non/human drag performances, as explored through furry Poppy’s narratives, are also considered feral practices that intentionally bewilder and disorder subject identification. With a focus on furry acts as messy, this study proposes that non/human drag performances are essential for Poppy in accessing queer of colour joy, pleasure and liveability

Aesthetics · Art · Drag · Feeling · Literature · Narrative · Pleasure · Queer · Sociology · Engineering · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Social Psychology

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