Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis that is to be presented discusses the performance of drag and gender in Cape Town
– namely Bubbles Bar. I argue that the performance of gender on stage through the
performance of drag challenges the norms and ideas of gender in South Africa. Through the
act of non-normative staged gendered performance, the participants of this study also
challenge stereotypes and stigma around this in relation to the social norms and regulations
that are asserted on the individual presentation and performance of gender and sexuality. I
argue that the performance of gender in relation to the stage asserts the situational character
of gender performance through the staged performance of drag. I assert that the staged
performance of gender is made authentic by the audience who views and understands the
performance as a performance of drag, and a performance of gender.
The performance of drag is considered an act of transgression. Transgression in South
African society is policed through acts of oppression, social and sometimes physical violence.
This act of transgression is performed through drag which is viewed as an act of nonnormative
gender performance. The perception of transgression places those who perform
gender in a non-normative fashion upon the margins. However, that the performers are acting
above gender places the performance on a higher plain.
The theatrical methods, and inclusion of the audience in the performance that are used as a
form of entertainment allows the participants in this research project to humanize the
gendered performance of non-normativity by education through the art of their performance. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die tesis wat aangebied word bespreek die vertoning van “drag” en geslag in Kaapstad -
naamlik in Bubbles Bar. Ek voer aan dat die opvoering van geslag deur “drag” op die
verhoog normes en idees van geslag in Suid-Afrika uitdaag. Deur hierdie nie-normatiewe
geslagsopvoering daag die deelnemers van hierdie studie ook stereotipes en stigma rondom
geslag uit, met spesifieke betrekking tot die sosiale normes en regulasies wat op die
individuele aanbieding en vertoning van geslag en seksualiteit geplaas word. Ek argumenteer
dat die uitbeelding van geslag in verhouding tot die verhoog die situasionele karakter van
geslag deur die opgevoerde vertoning van “drag” handhaaf. Ek voer aan dat die
verhoogvertoning van geslag eg gemaak word deur die gehoor wat die vertoning aanskou en
verstaan as 'n vertoning van “drag”, en ook 'n vertoning van geslag.
Die opvoering van “drag” word beskou as 'n daad van oortreding. Oortreding in die Suid-
Afrikaanse samelewing word gepolisieër deur dade van onderdrukking, sosiale en soms
fisiese geweld. Hierdie daad van oortreding wat opgevoer word deur middel van “drag” word
beskou word as 'n daad van nie-normatiewe geslagsgedrag. Die persepsie van oortreding
plaas diegene wat geslag opvoer op 'n nie-normatiewe wyse, op die kantlyn. Deurdat die
deelnemers/kunstenaars optree buite die normatiewe idee van geslag, plaas dit die vertoning
op 'n hoër vlak.
Die teatriese metodes, en die insluiting van die gehoor in die opvoering wat gebruik word as
'n vorm van vermaak, laat die deelnemers aan hierdie navorsingsprojek toe om die
geslagtelike vertoning van nie-normatiwiteit te vermenslik met opvoeding deur middel van
die kuns van hul vertoning.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/80074 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Prince, Lindy-Lee |
| Contributors | McDougall, Kathleen, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 94 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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