Political movements and relationship spaces in an American film and a Thai boy’s love novel: A critical analysis
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and Other (LGBTQIA+), Political Movements, Film, Thai Boy’s Love Novel, Close ReadingAbstract
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and other (LGBTQ+) community movements have been part of international political activity since the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City. Whereas, since the 2014 Military Coup in Thailand, the LGBTQ+ movement has grown alongside democratic and human rights movements. This article focuses on an analysis of LGBTQ+ socio-political movements by studying the film Milk (2008), an American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, distributed by Focus Features and directed by Gus Van Sant, and the Thai boy’s love novel Mue Rai Ja Lerk Pen Salim (When Will You Stop Being Salim; 2020), by Monsicha Suachon. The close reading analysis was used to analyze and compare political rhetoric in persuading the mass to instigate political activism. The article also further interprets and evaluates personal, romantic, and political spaces intertwining within the texts. The results were that both texts use similar rhetorical discourse to influence political dissent but at different levels. Overlapping political spaces that emerge in both texts function differently by simultaneously embracing and relegating personal and romantic spaces. This study also suggests the use of close reading in studying texts from different cultures revealing political implications nested within the texts.
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