Limp Wrists, Clenched Fists: An Analysis of Queer Performance Art as a Tool for Political Resistance
Abstract
This paper explores the use of queer performance art as a tool for community mobilization and resistance to socio-legal oppressions. This essay is grounded in movements for queer liberation in the Global South, racialized working-class queer communities, and queer disability justice. As queer culture and aesthetics are often misappropriated for wider cisheteronormative audiences, this work reminds the revolutionary nature of queer performance art.
Recommended Citation
Verma, Neha. 2022. "Limp Wrists, Clenched Fists: An Analysis of Queer Performance Art as a Tool for Political Resistance." Bridges: An Undergraduate Journal of Contemporary Connections 6, (1). https://scholars.wlu.ca/bridges_contemporary_connections/vol6/iss1/3
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