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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. LU (2021)
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.
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
publication status
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subject
keywords
Arabic-speaking world, Language, LGBTQ-movement, Terminology, translation as performance, translation as activism
host publication
Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance
editor
D'Urso, Sandra ; Rosenberg, Tiina and Winget, Anna Renée
pages
19 pages
publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
external identifiers
  • scopus:85160475043
language
English
LU publication?
no
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f17739c4-90a3-4e43-99f2-4a0af80517d7
date added to LUP
2021-09-02 15:36:42
date last changed
2023-06-16 04:00:06
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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.}},
  author       = {{Abdelmoez, Joel W.}},
  booktitle    = {{Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance}},
  editor       = {{D'Urso, Sandra and Rosenberg, Tiina and Winget, Anna Renée}},
  keywords     = {{Arabic-speaking world; Language; LGBTQ-movement; Terminology; translation as performance; translation as activism}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Palgrave Macmillan}},
  title        = {{Deviants, Queers or Scissoring Sisters of Men? : Translating and Locating Queer and Trans Feminisms in the Arab World}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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