Overview

New perspectives on queer visual culture in the SWANA region. With contributions from scholars and artists, this volume demonstrates that queer visual culture in Southwest Asia and the North Africa region is entering an era of exciting growth in its versatility and consciousness. The volume focuses on artworks produced in the contemporary era while recognizing historical and contextual connections to Islamic art and culture within localities and regions from the pre-modern and modern eras.

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Author:   Anne Marie Butler ,  Sascha Crasnow
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Weight:   0.752kg
ISBN:  

9781835950265

ISBN 10:   1835950264
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   11 November 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword    Gayatri Gopinath Introduction    Anne Marie Butler and Sascha Crasnow Part I: Unfixed Genders 1. The Reawakening of the Belly Dancer and Queer Revolution    Raed Rafei 2. On Private Lives in Public Spaces    Yasmine Nasser Diaz 3. Futurist Androgynes, Persian Ironies:; Aan Iinterview with Rah Eleh    Proshot Kalami 4. Transing Contemporary Art: Aïcha Snoussi and Khaled Jarrar    Anne Marie Butler and Sascha Crasnow Part II: Intersectional Sexualities 5. The When, Where, and Why of Intimacy: Codes of Coupling in Egyptian Contemporary Art    Andrew Gayed 6. The Vicissitudes of Self: Storytelling, Queerness, and Muslim Identity    Yasmine K. Kasem 7. I Only Read About Myself on Bathroom Walls and “On Behalf Of”    Qais Assali 8. Out on Display: A Queer Negotiation of Identity and Anonymity in Diaspora    Dylan Volk 9. Of the Confused Memory: Conor Moynihan in Conversation with Mehdi-George Lahlou    Conor Moynihan Part III: Sites and Spaces 10. Subverting the Script: Queer Domesticity in Nilbar Güreş’s Works    Duygu Oya Ula 11. Heart to Heart: Baseera Khan in Conversation with Yasmine K. Kasem    Baseera Khan and Yasmine K. Kasem 12. Queer Heavens: Rethinking the Islamic Garden in Contemporary Art    Charlotte Bank 13. Viscosities of the Kknown and the Uunknown بين الماء وبين النار    Gaïa Khalil and Aïcha Snoussi 14. Sa’dia Rehman’s Queer Cartographies: Convivial Opacities    Natasha Bissonauth Notes on Contributors Index

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Anne Marie Butler is assistant professor of art history and women, gender and sexuality at Kalamazoo College, Michigan, USA. Her scholarship focuses on contemporary Tunisian art with an emphasis on gender, sexuality, and the state. Sascha Crasnow is assistant professor of art history at Drake University, USA. Her work centers on contemporary art from the SWANA region with a particular focus on critical race theory, gender, and sexuality.

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