CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Hwa, Yi Xing |
|---|---|
| Title | Queer Reorientations of "Home": Death, the Lover, and a Place to Land in Jeanette Winterson's The Stone Gods |
| Summary | This thesis uses Jeanette Winterson’s novel The Stone Gods as a starting point from which to rethink the problematic of “home.” How to work with this traditionally conservative concept and synthesize a radically queer reconstruction of it, if this is at all possible? I explore ways in which one might relate to the desire for “home” and “belonging”, while avoiding the reiteration of nostalgic, unproductive logics that find their basis in heteronormativity and reproductive futurity. I use Ahmed’s concept of “orientations”, arguing that queer potentiality needs to be developed in order to get to a point where queer refigurations of “home” become possible. I argue that singular originary narratives are limiting; rather, I use Fortier’s conceptualization of “home” as a site of attachment, to discuss the possibility of multiple beginnings. I link a queer reconception of “home” to the acceptance of liminal and ephemeral logics that do not shy away from loss. Thinking “home” queerly opens up the potential of finding ways of belonging, and places to belong that do not disappoint. |
| Supervisor | Barát, Erzsébet; Socorro, María |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/hwa_yi-xing.pdf |
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