Hallwalkers: queering gender and attraction through/in scriptwriting
Textual work
Title | Hallwalkers: queering gender and attraction through/in scriptwriting |
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Type of Work | Textual work |
Creator/Contributor | |
Author | Baker, Dallas |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher or Commissioning Body | Australasian Association of Writing Programs |
Place of Publication | Australia |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.52086/001c.25673 |
Web Address (URL) | https://textjournal.scholasticahq.com/article/25673 |
Description of Work | This work is informed by queer theory relating to gender and sexuality and explores the complex negotiations and disclosures that gender non-conforming persons are often forced to undertake in social situations that are largely structured by heteronormativity. The screenplay foregrounds the mutable nature of sexual attraction and actively imagines a scenario in which gender non-conforming persons are not confronted with fraught, and often dangerous, social navigations and disclosures about their gender status. The screenplay foregrounds dialogue and direct address as a subversion of mainstream (masculinist) screen conventions that accentuate the visual (masculine) over the verbal (feminine) and verisimilitude over self-reflexivity. The script also makes a contribution to the rethinking of attraction itself, presenting it as fluid and negotiable rather than fixed. The script deploys these ideas in an accessible way, in the form of a LGBTIQ romantic drama. |
Keywords | creative writing, scriptwriting as research, queer drama |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 360201. Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting) |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
Journal Title | TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses |
Volume | Special Issue 48 |
Page Range | 1-27 |
Number of Pages | 27 |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
ISSN | 1327-9556 |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4q96/hallwalkers-queering-gender-and-attraction-through-in-scriptwriting
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