Dubai-gate and the libidinal operations of nation-making in Girls from Dubai
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22351334 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aga Skrodzka (0000-0003-3990-9927, Clemson University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-58 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2515-8538 • E-ISSN: 2515-8546 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/jciaw_00119_1 |
| OpenAlex | W4391948901 |
| Language | EN |
The article provides a critical review of the film Girls to Buy ( Dziewczyny z Dubaju ) (2021) by Maria Sadowska in the context of the Polish Dubai-gate scandal and the discourse of the sex trade and trafficking. The intersection of gender, ethnicity and class guides this inquiry into the ways in which both the conservative Polish nationalist agenda and the neo-liberal opposition to such an agenda rely on the phobic Orientalist tropes that configure the Arab world as the main culprit and the ‘face’ of the kleptocratic capitalism
Art · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East Politics and Society · Socioeconomic Development in MENA
| Highly cited | No |
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