Om skeva vampyrer, Riktiga Pojkar och dåliga (monster)flickor
En skev/queerteoretisk studie av Bill och Sookie i Charlaine Harris Dead Until Dark
Charlaine HarrisDead Until DarkSkevteoriQueerteoriFemininitet/maskulinitetSexualitetQueer tid/queera rumMonsterRiktiga Flickor/Pojkar.
This essay takes a closer look at femininity/masculinity, sexuality and queer time and place in Charlaine Harris? novel Dead Until Dark (2001). The essay?s theoretical framework consists of queer theory and skev theory. Skev is a Swedish word that translates loosely into strange or twisted. Skev theory has queer roots but is used to search for and question forms of normativity other than sexuality. This essay examines Bill and Sookie, the two main characters in Dead Until Dark, with the main aim of analyzing the different ways in which they are portrayed that makes them challenge (and sometimes confirm) norms concerning femininity/masculinity, sexuality and the use of time and place. The analysis talks about Proper Girls and Proper Boys and how Sookie and Bill may or may not be able and/or willing to be Proper. Monsters and how being a monster impacts Bill?s and Sookie?s Properness is also central to the analysis. In short the essay shows that Bill and Sookie exist in a state of (in)betweenness and that this makes their characters subversive in that they are both skeva.