Different Normativity and Strategic ‘Nomadic’ Marriages

Area Studies and Queer Theory

Bibliographic Data

ID12980481
AuthorsSabiha Allouche (0000-0003-2847-7866, University of Exeter, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume29
Issue1
Pages9-27
Publication date2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle East Critique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19436149.2020.1704504
OpenAlexW2981239954
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited51

This article embraces Maya Mikdashi and Jasbir Puar’s recent recommendation ‘for a politics in queer theory that works to displace the United States as the prehensive force for everyone else’s future’ in order to ponder the scope and reach of queer theory through/as area studies (Middle East).1 The article draws upon personal experiences and narratives of homo-desiring men and women in/from Lebanon who perform hetero married life while pursuing same-sex desire elsewhere, in order to conceive ‘different normativity’ and ‘nomadic unions.’ The article posits ‘strategic nomadic marriages’ as a fluctuating and unsteady type of union that accommodates the particularity of the ‘sex/gender systems’ of global south societies

Middle East · Narrative · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Queer · Queer theory · Scope (computer science · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Sex work and related issues

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