Sophie Chama
Biographic Data
| ID | 935245 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophie Chama |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophie |
| FAMILY NAME | Chama |
| SIGNATURE | CHAMA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6651-3085 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Militant Cinema and the Temporality of Revolutionary Affects in Lebanon
This article analyzes the documentary film A Feeling Greater Than Love by Mary Jirmanus Saba, which explores two forgotten labor strikes from Lebanon's past. By engaging with the content of the film and the filmmaker's own commentary on it, the article thinks through the affective labor this cinematic text is carrying out and its potential effects on viewers in a present moment felt by many to be devoid of revolutionary potential. The article arg…
Once More with Feeling
This article introduces the special section “Feeling Revolutions, Feeling Politics.” We explore the various ways in which feelings emerge in political life and the work they do in both consolidating and resisting neoliberal and colonial power. We note that if the management of affective infrastructures is foundational to those structures of power, feelings are of equal importance to protest and insurgency. Focusing on the historical moment of dec…
The Devil’s in Decline: Western Anti-Gender Politics and the Evolution of Queerphobia in Lebanon
This article explores a wave of queerphobia that washed over Lebanon in the summer of 2023, some features of which were notably distinct from those of previous moral panics around gender and sexuality in the country. Traditionally moral panics around gender and sexuality in Lebanon have framed queer people as agents of Western imperialism. While this framing continues to fuel these panics, I argue that more recently Lebanese political actors have…
Lil Watan: Queer patriotism in chauvinistic Lebanon
There exists a robust literature on the impact of the sexualisation of the war on terror as an imperial endeavour on both queer and non-queer subjects in the Middle East. This article explores the consequences for LGBT activism of the localisation of the war on terror in the region and the securitisation of governance, taking Lebanon as its focus. I argue the importance of thinking through the ways in which the war on terror is localised, taken a…
Mourning Sarah Hegazi: Grief and the Cultivation of Queer Arabness
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from The Feminist Press via the DOI in this record
Laughing Sectarianism Away: The Possibilities and Limitations of Lebanese Satire
In this article, I examine the potential and shortcomings of political satire as a counter-discursive tool in Lebanon. I take the popular shows BBCHI and CHINN as objects of study, and discuss the ways in which these programs challenged narratives of Lebanon as an inherently sectarian society that can only function under the management of a sectarian political order. While drawing attention to their subversive intentions, I highlight the ways in …
Mourning Sarah Hegazi: Grief and the Cultivation of Queer Arabness
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from The Feminist Press via the DOI in this record
Laughing Sectarianism Away: The Possibilities and Limitations of Lebanese Satire
In this article, I examine the potential and shortcomings of political satire as a counter-discursive tool in Lebanon. I take the popular shows BBCHI and CHINN as objects of study, and discuss the ways in which these programs challenged narratives of Lebanon as an inherently sectarian society that can only function under the management of a sectarian political order. While drawing attention to their subversive intentions, I highlight the ways in …
Laughing Sectarianism Away: The Possibilities and Limitations of Lebanese Satire
In this article, I examine the potential and shortcomings of political satire as a counter-discursive tool in Lebanon. I take the popular shows BBCHI and CHINN as objects of study, and discuss the ways in which these programs challenged narratives of Lebanon as an inherently sectarian society that can only function under the management of a sectarian political order. While drawing attention to their subversive intentions, I highlight the ways in …
Mourning Sarah Hegazi: Grief and the Cultivation of Queer Arabness
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from The Feminist Press via the DOI in this record
Lil Watan: Queer patriotism in chauvinistic Lebanon
There exists a robust literature on the impact of the sexualisation of the war on terror as an imperial endeavour on both queer and non-queer subjects in the Middle East. This article explores the consequences for LGBT activism of the localisation of the war on terror in the region and the securitisation of governance, taking Lebanon as its focus. I argue the importance of thinking through the ways in which the war on terror is localised, taken a…
Militant Cinema and the Temporality of Revolutionary Affects in Lebanon
This article analyzes the documentary film A Feeling Greater Than Love by Mary Jirmanus Saba, which explores two forgotten labor strikes from Lebanon's past. By engaging with the content of the film and the filmmaker's own commentary on it, the article thinks through the affective labor this cinematic text is carrying out and its potential effects on viewers in a present moment felt by many to be devoid of revolutionary potential. The article arg…
Once More with Feeling
This article introduces the special section “Feeling Revolutions, Feeling Politics.” We explore the various ways in which feelings emerge in political life and the work they do in both consolidating and resisting neoliberal and colonial power. We note that if the management of affective infrastructures is foundational to those structures of power, feelings are of equal importance to protest and insurgency. Focusing on the historical moment of dec…
The Devil’s in Decline: Western Anti-Gender Politics and the Evolution of Queerphobia in Lebanon
This article explores a wave of queerphobia that washed over Lebanon in the summer of 2023, some features of which were notably distinct from those of previous moral panics around gender and sexuality in the country. Traditionally moral panics around gender and sexuality in Lebanon have framed queer people as agents of Western imperialism. While this framing continues to fuel these panics, I argue that more recently Lebanese political actors have…
Middle East Politics and Society (5 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Feeling (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)