(Re)Scripting the self: creative writing, effeminacy and the art of subjectivity
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Article Title | (Re)Scripting the self: creative writing, effeminacy and the art of subjectivity |
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ERA Journal ID | 211533 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Baker, Dallas J. |
Journal Title | Writing in Practice: The Journal of Creative Writing Research |
Journal Citation | 3 |
Year | 2017 |
Place of Publication | London |
ISSN | 2058-5535 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.nawe.co.uk/DB/wip-editions/articles/rescripting-the-self-creative-writing-effeminacy-2.html |
Abstract | This paper describes how a practice-led research methodology used to produce a creative writing artefact, a script, had a transformative impact on a number of levels: on the artefact, on the writing practice itself and on my own self-knowledge, my gender identity or subjectivity. The creative writing artefact in question is a television miniseries script entitled The Tree. The script and this paper explore the notion of effeminacy as a liminal masculinity of considerable discursive potency that simultaneously disrupts both masculinity and femininity. The paper also discusses how the practice-led research methodology itself facilitated the development of fresh understandings around the liminal masculinity of effeminacy and how these new understandings interacted with my own lived gender and embodied subjectivity. |
Keywords | creative writing, self-making, effeminacy, performativity, scriptwriting |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 360201. Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting) |
Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3yz6/-re-scripting-the-self-creative-writing-effeminacy-and-the-art-of-subjectivity
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