| ID | 173951 |
| Title Proper | Palestine and the Will to Theorise Decolonial Queering |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Alqaisiya, Walaa |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article posits a theorisation of decolonisation in relation to queer as it emerges from the settler-colonial context of Palestine, what I call decolonial queering. The first part provides a new reading of Zionist settler-colonialism, which I define as hetero-conquest. Its novelty lies in refocusing the question of colonialism in native grounded knowledge of queering, while showing the limitations of those existing studies whose frames emanate mainly from American and/or global north contexts of racism and homo-nationalism. By tracing the contemporary continuity of hetero-conquest in Palestine, the second part unpacks the need for a radical theory of liberation that weaves decolonization into queer. Bringing Sara Ahmed and Frantz Fanon into dialogue, such a theory emanates from the amalgam of histories, geographies and bodies, whose restoration beyond the strictures of hetero-conquest opens the way for a radical multi-scalar politics of liberation. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle East Critique Vol. 29, No.1; 2020: p.87-113 |
| Journal Source | Middle East Critique Vol: 29 No 1 |
| Key Words | Palestine ; Decolonization ; Zionism ; Settler-Colonialism ; Decolonial Queering ; Hetero-Conquest |