Subverting Zsazsa Zaturnnah: The bakla, the ‘real’ man and the myth of acceptance
College
College of Liberal Arts
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Review of Women’s Studies
Volume
20
Issue
1-2
First Page
149
Last Page
171
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
This essay examines Carlo Vergara’s graphic novel “Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah” in an attempt to confront the media’s discourse on homosexuality. It posits that the adaptation of the graphic novel into a musical and film to “un-stereotype” gay men by repacking the gay persona as a strong superhero. The essay seeks to figure out whether Vergara succeeds in subverting the dominant patriarchal ideologies of homophobia and heteronormativity.
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Recommended Citation
Corpuz, D. R. (2010). Subverting Zsazsa Zaturnnah: The bakla, the ‘real’ man and the myth of acceptance. Review of Women’s Studies, 20 (1-2), 149-171. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/14875
Disciplines
Fiction
Keywords
Carlo Vergara—Criticism and interpretation; Carlo Vergara. Kagilagilalas na pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah; Homosexuality in literature; Homophobia in literature; Heterosexism in literature
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