A QUEER ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ANIMAL-BEING IN THE GOAT OR WHO IS SYLVIA? (2002) BY EDWARD ALBEE

Authors

  • Sobia Sikandar
  • Uzma Imtiaz
  • Imran Ali

Keywords:

Animality, Queer theory, Queer Ecology, Anthropocentrism, Environmental Justice, Bestiality, zoophilia

Abstract

Man’s anthropocentric perception of being the center of earth has profound interconnectedness with other non-human living creatures. Human culture is connected to the physical world and affects it or gets affected by it. Queer ecology broaches the prevalent conceptions regarding different dualisms in nature, biology and sexuality. It challenges the heteronormative perception of nature and also disrupted the dualisms of natural and unnatural, human and animals and culture and nature in human understanding. The conceptions of humanity and bestiality are not binary in the sense that these are evolved by the anthropocentric position of human beings. Animals have been treated as others and it has been the part of human understanding to exploit the notion of animality. This research intends to analyze The Goat or who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee with the theoretical framework of queer ecology by Timothy Morton. Furthermore, this research is valuable for understanding the complexities of human behavior and the relationships of humans and other life forms.

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Published

2021-08-26 — Updated on 2021-08-26

How to Cite

Sobia Sikandar, Uzma Imtiaz, & Imran Ali. (2021). A QUEER ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ANIMAL-BEING IN THE GOAT OR WHO IS SYLVIA? (2002) BY EDWARD ALBEE . PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology, 18(10), 691-702. Retrieved from https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/9866