Britzman on the link to postmodernism

Not just what happens to queer bodies but also “something queer happens to the signifier – to language and to representation”

Warner's "heteronormativity"

“the pervasive and largely invisible heterosexual norms that underpin society”

McCann on queer theory's aim

"critiquing, destabilising, subverting and challenging normativity”

Halberstam's "transgender gaze"

When a film rejects the standard heterosexist demand to see "biological proof" or fit characters strictly into traditional male/female binaries

Gender as a performative "citation practice"

Venkatesh on early LatAm cinema

“always maintained sexual and gender difference at a polite distance from the viewer”

Venkatesh on the aim of New Maricón Cinema

Encourages the viewer to actively engage with the discomfort through the use of the haptic

Venkatesh on how NMC defines characters

Beyond the didactic, resisting definition solely based on sexuality/gender

hooks' "oppositional gaze"

When marginalized viewers – specifically Black women – actively resist, question, and subvert mainstream media that excludes or misrepresents them, turning the “look” into a political tool for critical resistance

Henderson's "queer relay"

Tension between queer cultural production and the market: reaching wider audiences often means over-generalising to make films palatable, thus diluting the raw experience

Wearing on how cinematic representation can behave

“standing in for the larger group and making up for their lack of physical presence”, implying a sense of responsibility

Wearing on power dynamics

We must consider if they “speak on their behalf…or speak for them”

We are “restricted by both the viewing and the reading codes to which we have access…and by what representations there are for us to view and read”

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Queer Film Theory

Question	Answer
Britzman on the link to postmodernism	Not just what happens to queer bodies but also “something queer happens to the signifier – to language and to representation”
Warner's "heteronormativity"	“the pervasive and largely invisible heterosexual norms that underpin society”
McCann on queer theory's aim	"critiquing, destabilising, subverting and challenging normativity”
Halberstam's "transgender gaze"	When a film rejects the standard heterosexist demand to see "biological proof" or fit characters strictly into traditional male/female binaries
Butler on gender	Gender as a performative "citation practice"
Venkatesh on early LatAm cinema	“always maintained sexual and gender difference at a polite distance from the viewer”
Venkatesh on the aim of New Maricón Cinema	Encourages the viewer to actively engage with the discomfort through the use of the haptic
Venkatesh on how NMC defines characters	Beyond the didactic, resisting definition solely based on sexuality/gender
hooks' "oppositional gaze"	When marginalized viewers – specifically Black women – actively resist, question, and subvert mainstream media that excludes or misrepresents them, turning the “look” into a political tool for critical resistance
Henderson's "queer relay"	Tension between queer cultural production and the market: reaching wider audiences often means over-generalising to make films palatable, thus diluting the raw experience
Wearing on how cinematic representation can behave	“standing in for the larger group and making up for their lack of physical presence”, implying a sense of responsibility
Wearing on power dynamics	We must consider if they “speak on their behalf…or speak for them”
Dyer on subjectivity	We are “restricted by both the viewing and the reading codes to which we have access…and by what representations there are for us to view and read”

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