| ID | 173947 |
| Title Proper | Different Normativity and Strategic ‘Nomadic’ Marriages |
| Other Title Information | Area Studies and Queer Theory |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Allouche, Sabiha |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article embraces Maya Mikdashi and Jasbir Puar’s recent recommendation ‘for a politics in queer theory that works to displace the United States as the prehensive force for everyone else’s future’ in order to ponder the scope and reach of queer theory through/as area studies (Middle East).1 The article draws upon personal experiences and narratives of homo-desiring men and women in/from Lebanon who perform hetero married life while pursuing same-sex desire elsewhere, in order to conceive ‘different normativity’ and ‘nomadic unions.’ The article posits ‘strategic nomadic marriages’ as a fluctuating and unsteady type of union that accommodates the particularity of the ‘sex/gender systems’ of global south societies. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle East Critique Vol. 29, No.1; 2020: p.9-27 |
| Journal Source | Middle East Critique Vol: 29 No 1 |
| Key Words | Lebanon ; Sectarianism ; Different Normativity ; Hetero-Patriarchy ; Queer Analysis ; Strategic Marriage |