Abstract

In this article, I go on a journey with Antjie Somers, a gender-nonconforming, Queer, stigmatised, witch-like figure well known among Afrikaans people. Bringing permutations of their story into conversation with writing about outcasts like witches and Queer people, I consider the parallels that might be drawn between the experiences and knowledge of such ostracised, unconventional figures. By considering how the stories of abuse and marginalisation of Antjie, Queer people, and (other) witches coincide and overlap, I speculate about the root of the widespread violent reactions toward them. This leads me to reflect on the various similarities between their ambiguity and non-conformance and how this uncontainable queer(y)ing of binaries exposes the fear of the unknowable that upholds (hetero)normativity. I also consider how Antjie's story and the story of other queer figures might be able to guide us in the present toward a powerfully recuperative language of storytelling.

摘要

在本文中，我将与Antjie Somers一起旅行，Antjie Somers是南非荷兰人中众所周知的性别不协调，酷儿，污名化，类似女巫的人物。通过写作有关女巫和酷儿等流浪者的故事，使他们的故事发生变化，我认为在这种被排斥的非常规人物的经验和知识之间可能会得出相似之处。通过考虑有关安捷，酷儿人和（其他）女巫的虐待和边缘化的故事是如何重合和重叠的，我推测了对他们的广泛暴力反应的根源。这使我思考它们的歧义和不符合之间的各种相似之处，以及这种不可遏制的二进制查询如何暴露出人们对维持（异类）规范性的恐惧。我也考虑安捷