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