Deviants, Queers or Scissoring Sisters of Men?: Translating and Locating Queer and Trans Feminisms in the Arab World

Joel W. Abdelmoez

Deviants, Queers or Scissoring Sisters of Men? Translating and Locating Queer and Trans Feminisms in the Arab World

Stockholm University

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Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of LGBTQ+ organizations and movements in the Arabic-speaking world, as well as central themes and debates, including different strategies taken in translating terminology and developing a vocabulary to speak about nonnormative sex, gender, and identification in Arabic. Treating translation as performance, emphasizing the political impact of terminology, and viewing queer and trans activism through a performative lens, the chapter brings clarity to the controversy about increased queer visibility and the proliferation of LGBTQ+ rights discourse in the Arabic-speaking world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance
Editors	Sandra D'Urso, Tiina Rosenberg, Anna Renée Winget
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	16
Number of pages	19
Publication status	Published - 2021 Oct
Externally published	Yes

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Gender Studies
Political Science

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Deviants, Queers or Scissoring Sisters of Men? Translating and Locating Queer and Trans Feminisms in the Arab World. / Abdelmoez, Joel W.
Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance. ed. / Sandra D'Urso; Tiina Rosenberg; Anna Renée Winget. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

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