The Im/possible Femininity of Nina Arsenault: theatrical gender in I w@s B*rbie and The Silicone Diaries

Low, Stephen

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dc.creator	Low, Stephen
dc.date	2020-06-26
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-04T18:14:55Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-04T18:14:55Z
dc.identifier	https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/96976
dc.identifier.uri	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/166153
dc.description	This essay argues that the performed corporeality of performance artist Nina Arsenault demonstrates how gender can be constituted by two mutually exclusive theories of gender simultaneously. Specifically, Arsenault im/possibly embodies gender as performative and as an essential psychic sense of self. Her expression of a feminine identity onstage is incompatible with theories of gender performativity because it incorporates a voluntary act: performance in the theatre. Arsenault also opposes theories that claim gender is an essential psychic sense of self by expressing her sense of self in her art practice/everyday life. Arsenault highlights that the theatrical materiality she embodies, which also further establishes her femininity, is im/possibly performatively constituted. Put simply, Arsenault embodies gender through performance and performativity.	en-US
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies	en-US
dc.publisher	Révue Brésilienne d'Études de la Présence	fr-CA
dc.publisher	Révue Brésilienne d'Études de la Présence	fr-FR
dc.publisher	Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença	pt-BR
dc.relation	https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/96976/57369
dc.rights	Copyright (c) 2020 Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença	pt-BR
dc.source	Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies; Vol. 10 No. 3 (2020): Jul./Set. 2020; 01-29	en-US
dc.source	Révue Brésilienne d'Études de la Présence; Vol. 10 No. 3 (2020): Jul./Set. 2020; 01-29	fr-CA
dc.source	Révue Brésilienne d'Études de la Présence; Vol. 10 No 3 (2020): Jul./Set. 2020; 01-29	fr-FR
dc.source	Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença; v. 10 n. 3 (2020): Jul./Set. 2020; 01-29	pt-BR
dc.source	2237-2660
dc.subject	Theatricality	en-US
dc.subject	Performativity	en-US
dc.subject	Transsexual	en-US
dc.subject	Transgender	en-US
dc.subject	Performance	en-US
dc.title	The Im/possible Femininity of Nina Arsenault: theatrical gender in I w@s B*rbie and The Silicone Diaries	en-US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion