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    Children of the revolution : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Creative Writing at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand

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    In his critically acclaimed essay ‘Mario Montez, For Shame’, which documents the humiliation of actor and drag queen Mario Montez during the filming of Andy Warhol’s Screen Test 2 and Chelsea Girls, Douglas Crimp (70) asks: ‘What’s queer about shame?’ In this thesis I demonstrate that shame - specifically, shame experienced in regard to non-normative sexuality or gender identity – is inherent within both the construction and destabilisation of queer identity. To achieve this, I explore the relationship between shame and queer identity in Todd Haynes’ Velvet Goldmine and Neil Jordan’s Breakfast on Pluto in the sociohistorical context of Britain in the early 1970s, a time characterised by glam rock, ‘gender bending’ fashion and fluid sexual identity. This is a period of particular interest to me, both in regard to the identity politics which are the subject of this research and as part of my own personal history. My full length screenplay Gathering Day is structured as a tandem narrative, thus enabling me to depict both (re)constructions of the past, and the present. Through the writing process itself, I am able to explore some aspects the relationship between shame and queer identity. Key words: Shame, queer identity, glam rock, Britain, sociohistorical context.
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    2017
    Author
    Paulsen, Joanne
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    Massey University
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10179/12205
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