Negotiating Trans Affect in Luka Holmegaard’s Havet i munden

Identifying a dominant affective polarization pertaining to contemporary trans discourse and the constraints this poses in accounting for trans experience, the article turns to the sphere of trans poetics. Through a reading of Havet i munden (2023) [The Ocean in Your Mouth] by Danish author Luka Ho...

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Main Author: Tais Terletskaja
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: The Royal Danish Library 2025-01-01
Series:Kvinder, Køn & Forskning
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/KKF/article/view/143852
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Summary:Identifying a dominant affective polarization pertaining to contemporary trans discourse and the constraints this poses in accounting for trans experience, the article turns to the sphere of trans poetics. Through a reading of Havet i munden (2023) [The Ocean in Your Mouth] by Danish author Luka Holmegaard, the article discerns poetic strategies for navigating the politically pressurized present. The article argues that in troubling the relation between pleasure and pain, exhibiting representational restraint, and attuning to bodily sensations, Havet i munden offers a renegotiation of trans affect, exhibiting the desire to move beyond the constraints of marked identity entirely.
ISSN:2245-6937