'Laughing Ourselves out of the Closet': Comedy as a Queer Pedagogical Form

Autor/inn/en	Henry, Seán; Bryan, Audrey; Neary, Aoife
Titel	'Laughing Ourselves out of the Closet': Comedy as a Queer Pedagogical Form
Quelle	In: Ethics and Education, 18 (2023) 1, S.151-166 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Henry, Seán)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-9642
DOI	10.1080/17449642.2023.2188744
Schlagwörter	Humor; LGBTQ People; Social Bias; Comedy; Television; Films; Social Attitudes; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humoristische Darstellung; Komödie; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Film; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung
Abstract	This paper explores comedy as a "queer pedagogical form" that subverts problematic representational tropes of queerness pervading mainstream depictions of queer experience. Articulating 'form' less as a fixed arrangement of characters, images, objects, and ideas, and more as a kind of "formation" that positions these in dynamic relation to the wider context in which comedies are encountered, we mobilise the idea of "queer pedagogical forms" to capture how comedy can foster new modes of thinking about and embodying queerness for, and with, audiences. Drawing on specific examples from "Schitt's Creek" and "Derry Girls," we document the potential of specific comedic modalities (e.g. irony, sarcasm, irreverence, and slapstick) to foster alternative representations of queerness, in which normative tropes are poked fun at, problematised, and reimagined. Through these examples, we demonstrate how comedies can enable us to 'laugh ourselves out of the closets' we live by, feel, navigate, and embody. (As Provided).
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