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Ian Fleischman: 我认为“失败的passing”指的是酷儿或跨性别者试图冒充异性恋或顺性别者的行为,或者像瑞秋·多雷扎尔那样冒充黑人的行为。对我个人而言,我经常因为说话方式而被识别为gay,这可以被看作是我个人生活中的一个“失败的passing”的例子。在理论层面上,我主要是在追随朱迪斯·巴特勒早期关于性别表演性的著作中一个未被充分重视的方面,主体性是对既定身份模式的不完美模仿。因此,我认为我们可以将自由意志更好地理解为一种“失败的passing”,即一种失误,一种让自己暴露出来的行为,即使这只是对预期规范的偶然偏离。我的理论与酷儿理论中的一些核心观点存在对话甚至辩论,我希望这本书能给那些更成熟、更古老的酷儿理论带来新的转折。 Ian Fleischman: 我认为“失败的passing”不是我们使用的东西,而是我们不可避免地会做的事情,而且不仅仅局限于少数群体。我将“失败的passing”描述为主体性和主体形成、能动性或自由意志的理论,而不仅仅是酷儿的自由意志。酷儿孩子从小就能意识到passing或passing失败的高风险,我很早就因为穿着、行为或喜欢的东西而被周围的人贴上gay的标签。华丽既可以是我们想要表演和被看到的闪亮事物,也可以隐藏我们想要消失的愿望,决定我们自身可见或不可见的参数。极度gay的风格可以代表作品中缺失的性行为,即使作品的内容可能是非性化的,但它仍然可以被标记为gay电影。这本书的主题是特定的身份认同,即顺性别白人男同性恋身份,从纪德和热内等经典人物开始。纪德的小说《伪币制造者》虽然表面上与同性恋无关,但实际上却以隐晦的方式探讨了同性恋主题,passing也可能涉及阶级等其他因素。

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Ian Fleischman introduces the concept of "failed passing," illustrating it through personal anecdotes and referencing key figures in queer theory like Judith Butler. He explains how this concept challenges traditional notions of free will and identity formation.
  • Failed passing is an imperfect citation of established identity models.
  • It challenges the idea of free will as purely autonomous self-expression.
  • The concept engages with the works of Judith Butler, José Esteban Muñoz, and others in queer theory.

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Ian Fleishman develops the concept of failed passing in his new book Flamboyant Fictions), which reimagines free will in queer lives as an accidental affirmation of identity despite efforts towards adherence to standards and norms. In this, he works with his predecessors in queer theory like Judith Butler, José Muñoz, Leo Barsani, Lee Edelman and others. In our conversation, Ian also gives us a glimpse of his readings of failed passing in widely varying texts such as the works of André Gide and Jean Genet and the films of Luchino Visconti, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Schroeter, Todd Haynes, François Ozon, and Xavier Dolan, to the music and public persona of Shawn Mendes and Troye Sivan.

Ian Fleishman) is the inaugural Chair of the Department of Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Flamboyant Fictions: The Failed Art of Passing) (Northwestern 2024). His previous books are An Aesthetics of Injury: The Narrative Wound from Baudelaire to Tarantino) (Northwestern 2018) and Performative Opacity in the Work of Isabelle Hupert) (Edinburgh 2023), co-edited with Iggy Cortez.

Image: From the cover of Flamboyant Fictions, by Monograph / Matt Avery

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