Voices, Subjectivities and Desire: A Study of Sexual Minorities in Mootoo’s Cereus Blooms at Night
Keywords:
Queer, normative heterosexual, Sexual minorities, Identity, Cereus Blooms at NightAbstract
Queer is an umbrella term that deconstructs and reconstructs the identity of sexual minorities (LGBTQ). The Heterosexual perspective is a theoretically constructed mode of analysis that took the liberty to make heterosexuality normal, whereas queer is a new dimension to sexuality and gender that examines socio-economic, political, and security concepts rather than just talking about sexuality or sexual rights. Understanding identity is a must for everyone, and understanding the anti-identarian identity of queer is equally needed. Queer theorists, who question heterosexuality and conventional ideas of sexuality, study the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) Communities differently. Shani Mootoo’s Cereus Blooms at Night is a significant work that deals with LGBTQ (sexual minorities). Some characters have traumatic experiences with gender, sexuality, and identity, resulting in voicelessness, subjectivities, and a search for identity. In light of queer theory, this paper aims to examine non-heteronormative sexuality, suppression, sexual violence, suffering, and desire.
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