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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dc.contributor.authorPaulsen, Joanne
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-27T01:13:38Z
dc.date.available2017-10-27T01:13:38Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/12205
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectHomosexuality in literatureen_US
dc.subjectShame in literatureen_US
dc.subjectScreenplayen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Filmen_US
dc.subjectQueer identityen_US
dc.subjectGlam rocken_US
dc.subjectBritainen_US
dc.subjectSociohistorical contexten_US
dc.titleChildren 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 Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorPaulsen, Joanne
thesis.degree.disciplineCreative Writingen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Creative Writing (MCW)en_US
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