Research project Queer and trans feminisms in contemporary performance
The project addresses the question of how queer and transfeminist theories contribute to our understanding of feminist and intersectional performance studies today and investigates new generations of performance artists to expand the boundaries of intersectional queer and transfeminist performance studies in a global perspective.
The guiding question for the project is: How do queer and trans feminist theories enhance our understanding of developments in queer and trans feminist performance today, and how do these debates give rise to new ways of theorizing contemporary performance? The project will demonstrate how intersectional, queer and trans feminist theoretical tools support new analyses of performance with an inclusive, intersectional, and transnational focus.
Project description
This project resulted in the anthology Handbook of Queer and Trans feminisms in Contemporary Performance.
The purpose of the book is to provide students with an overview of key developments in queer and trans feminist theories and their significance to the field of contemporary performance studies.
It presents new insights from thirty contributions from around the world, which highlight the ways in which rigid or punishing notions of gender, sexuality, and race, continue to flourish in systems of knowledge, faith, and power, relevant to a new generation of queer and trans feminist performers today.
The primary audience is students of theatre and performance studies as well as queer and gender studies. The volume’s contents suggest close links between the formation of queer feminist identities alongside recent key political developments with transnational resonances. Furthermore, the emergence of new queer and trans feminist epistemologies prompts a reorientation regarding performance and identities in a twenty-first century context.
Project members
Members
Sandra D’Urso
Dr.
Anna Renée Winget
Dr