The main topic of this essay is heteronormativity and the main question is how Jackie Kay’s Trumpet relates to this concept. My assumption is that Kay has created a main protagonist that seems to completely coincide with heteronormative discourse only to show us how insufficient this discourse is when it comes to identifying people. I argue that Kay defies / mocks heteronormative discourse in this way and I try to show this using discourse and queer theory. In the end, I have to conclude that this love story of Joss and Millie presents us with an alternative discourse that is, however, not so different from the dominant discourse. The essay consists of two parts that lead us to a conclusion: in the first part I look at the institutionalized relationships that the main protagonist is involved in and in the second part I consider why nobody ever confronts the main protagonist.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:vxu-2612 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Knockaert, Anne-Marie |
| Publisher | Växjö universitet, Institutionen för humaniora |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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