Worldmaking with Aberoo

Queer Familial Relationality with/for Iranian Americans

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ID3668447
AuthorsShadee Abdi (San Francisco State University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume70
Issue1
Pages71-87
Publication date2023-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2022.2103878
PMID35984394
OpenAlexW4294344651
LanguageEN
References cited15

Based on narratives shared by queer Iranian Americans, this essay explores the cultural construct of aberoo (saving face for family and community) as a form of queer familial relationality. This work extends theorizations of queer worldmaking and relationality into familial contexts, which are crucial elements of identity for many queer people of color around the globe. Focusing on Iranian Americans in particular, this study demonstrates the futility of "the closet" metaphor and how its inadequacies and oversimplifications fail to honor non-Western contexts and experiences. By contrast, understanding aberoo as a queer relationality in itself allows unique insight into queer identity formations beyond white normativities

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