A Movie with a Messy Ending: Mess as a Queer tactic in Lebanese Cinema

Kassir, Abed Al Wahab (2023). A Movie with a Messy Ending: Mess as a Queer tactic in Lebanese Cinema (Submitted). Men and masculinities Sage

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This article is concerned with the "queer mess” that non-normative bodies create to disrupt three main pillars of Lebanese patriarchy as proposed by two contemporary Lebanese queer movies. I argue for a queer mess that transgresses the heteronormative power and the social dynamics while opening the space for non-normative bodies to exist. It is a liberating mess that favors the bodies of those who don’t measure up on the homophobic, classist, poverty, and sectarianist matrix. Through the lenses of textual analysis, I present two main queer Lebanese tactics; “Disclosure of sexuality for a better and more authentic family connection”, and “Disobedience” against the normative power; mainly the power of hegemonic masculinity and Lebanese sectarianism. I situate both tactics in relation to class and educational privileges as they shape each of the queer strategies.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institut für Studien zum Nahen Osten und zu muslimischen Gesellschaften

UniBE Contributor:

Kassir, Abed Al Wahab

Subjects:

200 Religion > 290 Other religions
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
700 Arts

ISSN:

1552-6828

Publisher:

Sage

Language:

English

Submitter:

Serena Tolino

Date Deposited:

08 Apr 2024 10:31

Last Modified:

08 Apr 2024 10:31

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Queer cinema, Queer mess, Lebanon, Queer Activism, Anti-sectarianism

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/195144

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