How Do You Say "Come Out of the Closet" in Arabic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3608562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason Ritchie (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 557-575 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1064-2684 • E-ISSN: 1527-9375 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/10642684-2010-004 |
| OpenAlex | W2022261675 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 13 |
In this essay, I draw on ethnographic interviews with Israeli and Palestinian queer activists in Israel to interrogate the centrality of the politics of visibility in "mainstream" queer activism. I suggest that queer Israeli activists' reliance on visibility as a political strategy is embedded in and supportive of the racist discourses of Israeli nationalism and the violent practices of the Israeli state. I argue that the "checkpoint," rather than the "closet," offers a more productive metaphor against which queer activists and thinkers might organize their efforts. I conclude with a discussion of the subversive potential of queer Palestinian activism as a politics that challenges multiple oppressions and undermines, rather than naturalizes, the racist, antidemocratic logic of the nation
Closet · Lesbian · Mainstream · Media studies · Metaphor · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Queer · Representation (politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Visibility · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
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| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,27 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |