the performativity of non-heterosexual subjects: a textual analysis of arisan! 2(2011)

In indonesia, homosexuality is still perceived as problems mostly related to “moral” decadencyeven though it has long been deep-rooted and practiced in many parts of the archipelago. in contemporaryindonesia, two opposing discourses have been voiced. those opposing homosexuality have been activelypromoting their objection to the growth of this alternative sexuality while others keep campaigning thecountering discourses to include these non-heterosexual subjects. arisan 2 is nia dinata’s film whichportrays the life of non-heterosexual subjects in urban context. as a cultural product, a film is inseparablefrom certain dominant ideology. through textual analysis and cultural studies perspective as well asbutler’s performativity, the objective of this paper is to explore the performativity of the non-heterosexualcharacters in the film and how they negotiate their sexuality. this paper also aims to analyse how theirsexualities are articulated within heteronormativity as the dominant ideology.