In figuring out and reconfiguring the queerness of Modernist work ahead of its time, this panel will address the question of aethetics and queer temporality. We will argue that queer Modernist figures (and figurations) move in and out of shifting temporal landscapes, ultimately displacing a sense of linear time through figuring outside of it from both historical and presentist perspectives.
Bess Rowen is currently a Ph.D. student in the department of Theatre at CUNY, The Graduate Center. She recently completed her MA in Performance Studies at New York University, after graduating from Lehigh University Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude with a double major in English... Read More →
