Efféminés, Gigolos, and MSMs in the Cyber-Networks, Coffeehouses, and “Secret Gardens” of Contemporary Tunis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12796722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rodney Collins (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 89-112 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Middle East Women s Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1552-5864 • E-ISSN: 1558-9579 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/jmiddeastwomstud.8.3.89 |
| OpenAlex | W2018836799 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 14 |
This ethnographic essay reflects research conducted in urban Tunisia among two distinct, yet interrelated, groups of young “men who have sex with men” (MSMs). Theoretically, the essay focuses on the politics of identity categories, how these categories travel, and the intersections of their associated onto-epistemic instantiations. While the principal focus is on the movement of the categories of éffeminés, gigolos, and MSMs, it also considers the conditions of possibility for the emergence of a gay movement in Tunisia, enhanced by Internetbased technologies. Analysis is derived from ethnographic field materials (2003–2010) and interactions on social networking sites. A lack of cohesion among and between these groups highlights the absence of significant shared objectives that serve individuals in an effort toward solidarity, while simultaneously suggesting that the subject position of “gay” provides a key site from which micro-practices and techniques of the self challenge and reinforce identity politics. Ultimately, in light of the infrapolitics of both groups, coupled with the increasing accessibility of online networking tools in Tunisia, this essay demonstrates that same-sex intimacies have not been a salient political concern for the Tunisian state, although recent events suggest a pronouncedly different future
Aesthetics · Cohesion (chemistry · Collective identity · Ethnography · Field (mathematics · Identity (music · Identity politics · Political science · Politics · Salient · Sociology · Solidarity · African history and culture studies · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law
LGBTI+ Organizations in West Africa and North Africa
LGBTI+ Organizations in West Africa and North Africa
Contested Politics in Tunisia
The LGBTI+ Movement in Turkey
Continuation, imbrications et écarts
Transition and Marginalization
Roads Less Traveled in Middle East Anthropology—And New Paths in Gender Ethnography
Le mouvement LGBT tunisien
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |