Drag logics

queens as conceptual characters in Butlerian’s thought

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https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i21.58658

Abstract

In this article, we consider the discussions about conceptual characters (Deleuze; Guattari, 2010) and the dramatization method (Deleuze, 2005) to examine the variations of the drag queen figure in Judith Butler's work (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022). Methodologically, we do a theoretical revision of Butler’s works until 2020. In this way we identify four variations of the drag queen related to the gender performative concept: the Impersonator drag queen, the Ambivalent drag queen, the Melancholic drag queen, and the Fantasizer drag queen. Each variation is analyzed concerning the distinct logic involved in the transformations of the gender performativity concept. Finally, instead of generalizing these figures it is necessary to proliferate other characters capable of dramatizing the logics of Latin American agencements, such as transformist cholitas, and drag thêmonias.

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Douglas Ostruca, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Doctor in Communication from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Master in Communication and Information (UFRGS) and Bachelor in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL). He is a member of the Semiotics and Communication Cultures Research Group (GPESC/CNPq), working in the Corporalities group.

Bruno Leites, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Professor at the Department of Communication (DECOM) and the Graduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He is a member of the Research Group in Semiotics and Cultures of Communication (GPESC/CNPq), where he coordinates the line “Agenciamentos da imagem” (GPAGI).

Tatiana Gomes dos Santos

Master's student in Communication at the Graduate Program in Communication at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (PPGOM/UFRGS). She has a degree in Legal and Social Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). She is a member of the Semiotics and Communication Cultures Research Group (GPESC/CNPq).

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2025-04-24

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Ostruca, D., Leites, B., & Gomes dos Santos, T. (2025). Drag logics: queens as conceptual characters in Butlerian’s thought. Revista Periódicus, 2(21), 134–156. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i21.58658

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Vol. 2 No. 21 (2025): Defying monogamy: emergent biopolitics of relational dissidence

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