Desiring Arabs

Massad, Joseph

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“…Some argue that the universalising Western discourse through the concepts of "gay" and "lesbians" marginalises culturally coded practices of same sex activity; and can be inscribed within a missionary colonial tradition of "liberating" the Other from oppressive cultures and laws (Massad 2007). Other scholars suggest however that these lines of argumentation have serious shortcomings.…”

Section: Culture Unboundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decolonising the Rainbow Flag

Laskar¹,

Johansson²,

Mulinari³

2017

Cult. Unbound

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The aim of the article is to explore the location and the meaning given to the rainbow flag in places outside the hegemonic center. Through three case studies in the global North and South, held together by a multi-ethnographic approach, as well as a certain theoretical tension between the rainbow flag as a boundary object and/or a floating signifier, we seek to study where the flag belongs, to whom it belongs, with particular focus on how. The three case studies, which are situated in a city in the Global South (Buenos Aires), in a conflict war zone in the Middle East (the West Bank) and in a racialised neighbourhood in the Global North (Sweden), share despite their diversity a peripheral location to hegemonic forms of knowledge production regimes. Central to our analysis is how the rainbow flag is given a multitude of original and radical different meanings that may challenge the colonial/Eurocentric notions which up to a certain extent are embedded in the rainbow flag.

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Section: Culture Unboundmentioning

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Decolonising the Rainbow Flag

Laskar¹,

Johansson²,

Mulinari³

2017

Cult. Unbound

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“…Para ello me centro en el polémico debate que abre Joseph Massad (2007) sobre la imposibilidad de sujetos LGBT en las sociedades árabes que no sean exclusivamente, agentes del imperialismo. Frente a este planteamiento, considero la apertura epistemológica que presentan Ritchie y Puar al abordar el elemento LGBT en el conflicto palestino-israelí.…”

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De la normatividad queer en la construcción de la Nación a la resistencia política queer, un debate contemporáneo

Seguer

2014

univ.humanist.

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De la normatividad queer en la construcción de la nación a la resistencia política queer: un debate en la relación Israel-Palestina Artículo de revisión, fruto de los debates teóricos que emergieron de dos trabajos monográficos de mi autoría: "Cruzando fronteras epistemológicas hacia el Movimiento Queer Palestino" (2012) enmarcado en el Programa "Poscolonialidad, pensamiento fronterizo y transfronterizo en los estudios feministas" (IDAES-UNSAM), dirigido por Karina Bidaseca; y "La disputa por el sujeto LGBT israelí a través de la pornografía nacionalista" (2013), presentado en el Congreso Internacional ALADAA. Ambos trabajos se basan en el análisis de un extenso archivo documental. Lucía Seguer -Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDe la normatividad queer en la construcción de la nación a la resistencia política queer: un debate en la relación Israel-Palestina ResumenEn el siguiente texto abordo la distancia existente entre la construcción de sujetos queer aceptables para el relato nacional y por otro lado, el abordaje teórico de la resistencia política queer/LGTB en las sociedades árabes. Para ello presento debates contemporáneos desarrollados a partir del impacto de la guerra contra el terrorismo sobre la comunidad académica estadounidense. A la vez, esta labor se conecta con el abordaje de la ligazón entre el discurso LGBT hegemónico y los proyectos civilizatorios norteamericanos e israelíes, por lo cual el texto se informa del devenir del elemento LGBT dentro de la relación Palestina-Israel. Asimismo, el texto problematiza el abordaje teórico de los sujetos LGBT árabes, comúnmente ausentes en la reflexión académica como sujetos políticos posibles. En este movimiento, aspiro a problematizar la ambivalencia y las implicaciones epistemológicas que trae consigo el uso del orientalismo como categoría, y las operaciones a través de las cuales la academia construye verdad sobre el sujeto. Palabras clave: teoría queer; homonormativismo; orientalismo; cuerpos y subjetividades LGBT/queer; relación Palestina-Israel From Queer Normativity in the Nation Building to the Queer Political Resistance: a Debate on the Israeli-Palestinian Relation AbstractIn the following text I address the gap between the construction of acceptable queer subjects for the national narrative and, on the other hand, the theoretical approach of queer political resistance/ LGBT in Arab societies. To do this, I present contemporary debates on the impact of the war on terrorism on the American academic community. At the same time, this work intend to address the link between the LGBT hegemonic discourse and the American and Israeli civilizing projectsa and, due to this, the text accounts for the future of the LGBT element within the Palestinian-Israeli relation. Furthermore, the text questions the theoretical approach of the LGBT arab subjects who are commonly absent in academic reflection as possible political subjects. Doing this, I hope to problematize the ambivalence and the epistemological implications entailed in the use of Orie...

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“…Massad denies that he claims that 'lesbian and gay identity in Egypt is strictly a product of US and European-based transnational queer organizations'. 68 However (and he admits as much by using the word 'strictly') there is no escaping the conclusion that he does. For Massad, gays in Egypt and the Middle East more generally are not free, morally responsible agents, making choices about their sexuality and gender, because these choices are enforced on them by someone else, namely the West.…”

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confidence: 99%

Homosexuality as cultural battleground in the Middle East: culture and postcolonial international theory

Dalacoura

2014

Third World Quarterly

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This document is the author's final accepted version of the journal article. There may be differences between this version and the published version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. Homosexuality as cultural battleground in the Middle East: culture and postcolonial international theory Katerina DalacouraThe culture wars over homosexuality in the Middle East are studied here in the context of the theoretical debate on culture in International Relations and, more specifically, through a critical examination of postcolonial international theory. The paper argues that, although postcolonialism can offer a useful framework, it also has, in its poststructuralist variants, significant limitations in addressing the controversial issues surrounding homosexuality as cultural battleground in the Middle East. These limitations derive from an unconvincing interpretation of the relationship between the Middle East and modernity; and a problematic approach towards moral agency. The paper serves a dual purpose. Through the use of the empirical material, it furthers the debate within postcolonial international theory by bringing evidence to bear in support of its humanist or materialist strands. The theoretical discussion, in turn, by highlighting the intertwining of culture and power in the debates on homosexuality, strengthens the case for respecting homosexual rights in the Middle East region.

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Desiring Arabs

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