학술논문
Divas of the Night: Queer activism in Lebanese performing arts
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
Author
Source
TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
Mi investigación aborda el activismo queer a través de las artes escénicas contemporáneas en el Líbano. Sigo la definición de Karl Schoonover y Rosalind Galt del arte queer como arte que invita a los “problemas” (Schoonover y Galt 2016). Trazo estas problemáticas a través del análisis del "desorden queer" que los artistas crean para transgredir las normas sociales y el poder heteronormativo, mientras abren espacios para que comience el trabajo transformacional queer. Lo queer se utiliza aquí más como táctica política y menos como política de identidad. A través de métodos de análisis multimodal, e inspirándome en teorías queer, masculinidades, artes escénicas, estudios poscoloniales, crítica feminista, y crítica de queer de color, estudio tres formas diferentes de artes escénicas: cuentas de ilustración de Instagram, espectáculos de drag queens y películas queer. La cuestión central de este estudio xiii es: ¿cómo actúan las artes escénicas queer como lugar de subversión del poder heteronormativo? Sostengo que las producciones artísticas proyectan una política antiasimilación y antirrespetabilidad que subvierte los pilares del poder patriarcal normativo, principalmente el sectarismo, la masculinidad hegemónica, la comprensión binaria del género, las relaciones familiares y la moral del espacio público.
My research addresses queer activism through contemporary performing arts in Lebanon. I follow the definition of Karl Schoonover and Rosalind Galt of queer art as art that invites troubles (Schoonover and Galt, 2016). I trace the troubles or the “queer mess” that the artists create subvert the social norms and the heteronormative power, while opening spaces for queer transformational work to begin. Queer here is used more as a political tactic and less as an identity politics. Through the methods of multimodal analysis, and inspired by theories from queer, masculinities, performing arts, and post-colonial studies, and black feminists and queers of color critiques, I study three different forms of performing arts; Instagram illustration accounts, drag queen shows, and queer movies. The central question of this study is: how does queer performing arts act as a site of subversion for hetero-normative power? I argue that the artistic productions project an anti-assimilation and anti-respectability politics that subverts the pillars of normative patriarchal power, mainly sectarianism, hegemonic masculinity, the binary understanding of gender, family relations, and public morals.
My research addresses queer activism through contemporary performing arts in Lebanon. I follow the definition of Karl Schoonover and Rosalind Galt of queer art as art that invites troubles (Schoonover and Galt, 2016). I trace the troubles or the “queer mess” that the artists create subvert the social norms and the heteronormative power, while opening spaces for queer transformational work to begin. Queer here is used more as a political tactic and less as an identity politics. Through the methods of multimodal analysis, and inspired by theories from queer, masculinities, performing arts, and post-colonial studies, and black feminists and queers of color critiques, I study three different forms of performing arts; Instagram illustration accounts, drag queen shows, and queer movies. The central question of this study is: how does queer performing arts act as a site of subversion for hetero-normative power? I argue that the artistic productions project an anti-assimilation and anti-respectability politics that subverts the pillars of normative patriarchal power, mainly sectarianism, hegemonic masculinity, the binary understanding of gender, family relations, and public morals.