Gender Performativity and Identity Issue: A Queer Study of Megha Majumdar's A Burning
Keywords:
Gender Performativity, Identity Issue, Queer Theory, A BurningAbstract
The present study explores gender performativity and identity issues through the perspectives of Queer Theory in Megha Majumdar’s A Burning. Judith Butler (1990) in Gender Trouble has given the concept that genders are not biologically fixed, they should be categorized based on their performativity. The close textual analysis of Megha Majumdar’s A Burning shows how individuals can challenge their biological sex through performative acts and make their identity. Moreover, people have to face many issues due to their identity to come up with the social norms. Qualitative methodology and close textual analysis are used for exploratory research that explores Butler’s conception of gender identity and performativity based on Queer Theory.
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