| Abstrakt: |
Although Caryl Phillips's In the Falling Snow (2009) does not explicitly present nonheterosexual and noncisgender characters, this chapter proposes a reading of the novel through a queer lens. In light of Cathy J. Cohen's broadened understanding of queerness, the adopted approach addresses the ways in which the novel discusses the complex connections between the categories of gender, race, and sexuality, and reveals how white supremacy and heteronormativity are imbricated with one another. More specifically, the chapter explores the ways in which Phillips's characters trouble binary dichotomies and normalised identity categories, but also take part in the re-enactment of oppressive norms. In the Falling Snow implicitly reflects queerness through its aesthetics and themes, and offers a glimpse at the latent, potential coalitional alliances that can only be visible from a multidimensional and fluid position. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
