Where Do We Go from Queer?

The Question of Naturalness and Normality in Literature, Film and the Media

Abstract

Looking at contemporary portrayals of non-straight relationships and characters in literature, film and/or TV shows, it becomes apparent that these always have to be clearly marked as lesbian or gay in order to avoid gender and sexual confusions within the heteronormative matrix (a word borrowed from Judith Butler) [...] by defining them as legible and identifiable against the backdrop of a non-representational straight body.