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‘Homebound’: The Illustrated Graphic Novel As an Autobiographic Voice for an Immigrant Asian Gay Male in New Zealand

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Exegesis(9.62 MB)
Graphic Novel(44.96 MB)

Date

2017

Authors

Supervisor

Ings, Welby
Harris, Miriam

Item type

Thesis/Dissertation

Degree name

Master of Art and Design

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Publisher

Auckland University of Technology

Abstract

This practice-led artistic inquiry takes the form of an 80-page, scripted and illustrated graphic novel. Creatively, the work is concerned with the narratisation of a largely autobiographical voice through the juxtaposition of word, image, and decompression story telling. The narrative draws heavily upon certain experiences I had, growing up in Malaysia and moving to New Zealand. In this journey, I began to identify as an Asian gay man within the bear culture. Specifically, the novel and exegesis unpack the nature of belonging as both a concern of ethnicity and sexual orientation. In doing so, it draws upon recent discourse surrounding non-western considerations of gay masculinity, filial obligations and notions of the ‘chosen family’.

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Gay, Asian, Male, Autobiography, Graphic, Novel, Immigrant, New Zealand, Illustration, Storytelling, Masculinity, Filial piety, Art, Narrative, Malaysia, Bear, Identity, Cultural, Sexual, Gay bear, Gay Asian male, Graphic novel, Gay masculinity, Chosen family, Kinship

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Permanent link

https://hdl.handle.net/10292/10551

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