Alessandro Boussalem
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 934636 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alessandro Boussalem |
| NOMBRES | Alessandro |
| APELLIDO | Boussalem |
| FIRMA | BOUSSALEM A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1367-5499 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
When the spotlight is always on the neighborhood
This article examines the experiences of LGBTQ people from a Muslim background in their navigations of different areas of Brussels, and their narratives on such experiences. It builds on literature on the territorialization of homo/bi/transphobia to neighborhoods framed as “Muslim” in continental Western Europe, and the imagination of rigid borders separating these areas from other parts of the city. The article presents analysis of semi-structur…
Like a piece of meat in a pack of wolves’
Human geographers have analyzed the co-constitutive relationship between race, gender and sexualities across different spaces and social contexts and have called for intersectional approaches in discussions of identities, power and space. This article applies an intersectional framework to the processes of sexualization, racialization and exoticization that shape the daily lives and erotic/romantic encounters experienced and narrated by participa…
A place where there is no need to explain
This article discusses the communities of support that LGBTQ people from a Muslim background in Brussels build with other racialized LGBTQ people, and the spaces of disidentification and resistance that these produce. It does so by analysing qualitative data collected over a year of ethnographic research with LGBTQ people from a Muslim background in Brussels. In particular, the article focuses on the functions that queer de color communities serv…
A queer New York
If one were to map a global LGBTQ+ ‘constellation’ (I am borrowing a metaphor that is central to Gieseking’s book here), charting all those places that shine bright in the lives and imaginations of
In, out, or somewhere else entirely
This paper analyses and critically discusses experiences and narratives of sexuality disclosure and concealment of LGBTQ people from a Muslim background living in Brussels. Elaborating on queer of colour critiques to the normativity charted by coming out discourses, this paper argues for the unpacking and deconstruction of the binary and linear trajectory from “in” to “out” of the closet to understand the experiences of LGBTQ people from a Muslim…
In, out, or somewhere else entirely
This paper analyses and critically discusses experiences and narratives of sexuality disclosure and concealment of LGBTQ people from a Muslim background living in Brussels. Elaborating on queer of colour critiques to the normativity charted by coming out discourses, this paper argues for the unpacking and deconstruction of the binary and linear trajectory from “in” to “out” of the closet to understand the experiences of LGBTQ people from a Muslim…
A place where there is no need to explain
This article discusses the communities of support that LGBTQ people from a Muslim background in Brussels build with other racialized LGBTQ people, and the spaces of disidentification and resistance that these produce. It does so by analysing qualitative data collected over a year of ethnographic research with LGBTQ people from a Muslim background in Brussels. In particular, the article focuses on the functions that queer de color communities serv…
A queer New York
If one were to map a global LGBTQ+ ‘constellation’ (I am borrowing a metaphor that is central to Gieseking’s book here), charting all those places that shine bright in the lives and imaginations of
Like a piece of meat in a pack of wolves’
Human geographers have analyzed the co-constitutive relationship between race, gender and sexualities across different spaces and social contexts and have called for intersectional approaches in discussions of identities, power and space. This article applies an intersectional framework to the processes of sexualization, racialization and exoticization that shape the daily lives and erotic/romantic encounters experienced and narrated by participa…
In, out, or somewhere else entirely
This paper analyses and critically discusses experiences and narratives of sexuality disclosure and concealment of LGBTQ people from a Muslim background living in Brussels. Elaborating on queer of colour critiques to the normativity charted by coming out discourses, this paper argues for the unpacking and deconstruction of the binary and linear trajectory from “in” to “out” of the closet to understand the experiences of LGBTQ people from a Muslim…
A queer New York
If one were to map a global LGBTQ+ ‘constellation’ (I am borrowing a metaphor that is central to Gieseking’s book here), charting all those places that shine bright in the lives and imaginations of
When the spotlight is always on the neighborhood
This article examines the experiences of LGBTQ people from a Muslim background in their navigations of different areas of Brussels, and their narratives on such experiences. It builds on literature on the territorialization of homo/bi/transphobia to neighborhoods framed as “Muslim” in continental Western Europe, and the imagination of rigid borders separating these areas from other parts of the city. The article presents analysis of semi-structur…
Like a piece of meat in a pack of wolves’
Human geographers have analyzed the co-constitutive relationship between race, gender and sexualities across different spaces and social contexts and have called for intersectional approaches in discussions of identities, power and space. This article applies an intersectional framework to the processes of sexualization, racialization and exoticization that shape the daily lives and erotic/romantic encounters experienced and narrated by participa…
A place where there is no need to explain
This article discusses the communities of support that LGBTQ people from a Muslim background in Brussels build with other racialized LGBTQ people, and the spaces of disidentification and resistance that these produce. It does so by analysing qualitative data collected over a year of ethnographic research with LGBTQ people from a Muslim background in Brussels. In particular, the article focuses on the functions that queer de color communities serv…
Gender Studies (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Gender Studies (4 obras) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 obras) · Queer (4 obras) · Art (3 obras) · Lesbian (3 obras) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 obras) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 obras) · Heteronormativity (2 obras)