Tane's War & Shearing Identity: Envisioning New Zealand's Queer Past

Weir, Brendan

Tane's War & Shearing Identity: Envisioning New Zealand's Queer Past

aut.embargo	No	en_NZ
aut.subject.rainbow	art and culture
aut.subject.rainbow	sexual orientation and identity
aut.thirdpc.contains	No	en_NZ
aut.thirdpc.permission	No	en_NZ
aut.thirdpc.removed	No	en_NZ
dc.contributor.advisor	Johnson, Mike
dc.contributor.author	Weir, Brendan
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-18T04:02:46Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-18T04:02:46Z
dc.date.copyright	2013
dc.date.created	2014
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.date.updated	2014-07-17T07:15:53Z
dc.description.abstract	This thesis explores whether a primarily minority-focused (homosexual) narrative can remain accessible and meaningful to a majority (heterosexual) audience. Through the perspective of Queer Theory, and through my own authorial paradigm as a gay artist, I examine the plausibility of gay characters and heroes to a mainstream audience and consider to what extent they should remain recognisable through the lens of mainstream social and cultural experience. The thesis is comprised of two elements; Tane’s War, the creative-practice-as-research component of the Master of Creative Writing degree and Shearing Identity, an exegesis critically reflecting upon the creative work. The exegesis is presented in two parts; a foreword discussing the form of the creative work (which is presented before the screenplay) and a critical analysis of my creative practice (presented after the screenplay). Tane’s War is presented as a screenplay for reading, a format which uses many traditional conventions of the screenplay but incorporates additional descriptive elements to allow any reader (not just those familiar with the screen-industry) a full understanding of character, structure and voice. Tane’s War is set in 1950s rural New Zealand and on France's Western-front during the Great War. It explores themes of identity, family, prejudice, marginalisation and courage.	en_NZ
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10292/7443
dc.language.iso	en	en_NZ
dc.publisher	Auckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrights	OpenAccess
dc.subject	Queer theory	en_NZ
dc.subject	Marginalisation	en_NZ
dc.subject	Characterisation	en_NZ
dc.subject	Sexual identity	en_NZ
dc.title	Tane's War & Shearing Identity: Envisioning New Zealand's Queer Past	en_NZ
dc.type	Thesis
thesis.degree.discipline
thesis.degree.grantor	Auckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.level	Masters Theses
thesis.degree.name	Master of Creative Writing	en_NZ