Thesis of an Open Approach to Queer Identity

UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Way Out Re-Iterative Coming Out in Queer European Cinema Cameron-Gardos, P.S.S.N. Publication date 2019 Document Version Final published version License Other Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Cameron-Gardos, P. S. S. N. (2019). Way Out: Re-Iterative Coming Out in Queer European Cinema. General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. 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Their use in this academic study is in accordance with the “fair use” provisions of European law, international copyright laws, and the US Copyright Act of 1976, title 17, chapter 1, §107, and does not constitute copyright infringement. ii Way Out: Re-Iterative Coming Out in Queer European Cinema ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. dr. ir. K.I.J. Maex ten overstaan van een door het College voor Promoties ingestelde commissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Agnietenkapel op vrijdag 22 februari 2019, te 10.00 uur door Paris Sébastien Simon-Noë Cameron-Gardos geboren te Toronto iii Promotiecommissie: Promotor: Prof. dr. M.D. Rosello, Universiteit van Amsterdam Overige leden: Prof. dr. P.P.R.W. Pisters, Universiteit van Amsterdam Prof. dr. M.J.O. Pratt, Universiteit van Amsterdam Prof. dr. R. Schwartzwald, Université de Montréal Dr. J.W. Kooijman, Universiteit van Amsterdam Dr. E.A. Steinbock, Universiteit Leiden Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen The publication of this dissertation was made possible in part by financial support from the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Ms. L.S. Cameron and Mr. M.J. Jiggins. iv To Matt Jiggins “That’s how the light gets in” v NO longer abashed – for in this secluded spot I can respond as I would not dare elsewhere, Strong upon me the life that does not exhibit itself, yet contains all the rest, Resolved to sing no songs to-day but those of manly attachment, Projecting them along that substantial life, Bequeathing, hence, types of athletic love. Calamus (1860-1) Walt Whitman vi Table of Contents Figures .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. viii Introduction: Scripting Out “Revelation”..................................................................................................................................................1 The Prescription of Out.................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 The Privilege of Out: Optimism, Privilege, and Culture ..................................................................................................................... 4 Out Take 1 – Outed into Normativity ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Out Take 2 – Out in the Family ................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Out at the Movies ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Conclusion: Heading Out ............................................................................................................................................................................22 Chapter One - Everybody’s Out: Theorizing Coming Out as Re-Iteration 1.1 - Introduction: Which Way Out? .........................................................................................................................................................23 1.2 - Starting Out: The Plan ................................................................................................ ..........................................................................27 1.3 - Out of Emotion: The Doxa of Happy and Sad ............................................................................................................................. 29 1.4 - Out of Memory: Cover, Prosser, and the Sacred Coming Out Script ...................................................................................32 1.5 - Out for Something Better: Coming Out as a Normative Instruction .................................................................................. 36 1.6 - Keep Out: Jones, Kerri, Spacey, and Coming Out as Communicative Breakdown ........................................................ 38 1.7 - Out of the Box: Fuss, Butler, and the Re-Iterative ..................................................................................................................... 43 1.8 - The Disorientations of Out: Ahmed and an Approach to Queer Disorientation ........................................................... 46 1.9 - Conclusion: Finding Out .................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Chapter Two - Team Out: Secrecy and the Collective Coming Out Narrative 2.1 - Collectively Out: Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 49 2.2 - Time Out: Narrative, Sports, and Identity ................................................................ ....................................................................52 2.3 - Out in the Forest................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 2.4 - Out for Breakfast: “Bravo, Tobi!” ..................................................................................................................................................... 59 2.5 - Conclusion: The Intelligible Out..................................................................................................................................................... 64 Chapter Three - Nazis Out: Absence, Alliance, and the Un-Coming Out in Narrative 3.1 - Introduction: The Relationships of Out ........................................................................................................................................ 67 3.2 - Out with(in) the Nazis: The Link Between Neo-Nazis and Gay Identity ................................ ........................................... 71 3.3 - Out Between Brothers: “I Know What’s Going on Between You and Lars” ..................................................................... 74 3.4 - Bashed Out: “You Can’t Have It All, So You Have to Choose” .............................................................................................. 80 3.5 - Conclusion: Out of Options .............................................................................................................................................................. 83 Chapter Four - Hand Out: The Coming-Out Narrative, Recognition, and the Periperformative In North Sea Texas 4.1 - Introduction: Out as Allusion ........................................................................................................................................................... 85 4.2 - Out to Our Mother ............................................................................................................................................................................... 90 4.3 - Out of the Rain: “I Waited For You” ............................................................................................................................................... 94 4.4 - Conclusion: Variations of Out ....................................................................................................................................................... 100

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