Spatialising Queer: A Critique of the Summer We Got Free By Mia Mckenzie

Abstract

Queer - an umbrella term used in combining other forms of sexuality ( lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) takes its roots from the cultural movements and they created a critical and philosophical perception about the body, space and the sexual identity. Heterosexuality or the mainstream sexuality is hegemonic and the homosexuality is considered a sin or a taboo by the mainstream society labeling them as the sexual subalterns.  Literature evolves as a major source for bringing out the traumas faced by the people of minor communities. The Summer we got Free, a queer and gothic fiction by Mia Mckenzie highlights the traumas of the lesbians and gays in the society. Ava, the protagonist of the work of fiction follows her aspirations using queer as a source of inspiration and creates her own new self. This paper is an attempt to study how the sexual subalterns create their own identities before a religious, heterosexual society.