Book Club: Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa’ed Atshan
Schedule
Sat, 15 Mar, 2025 at 03:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
81 Greenwood Ave. (Route 302), Bethel, CT, United States, Connecticut 06801 | Bethel, CT
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From Ramallah to New York, Tel Aviv to Porto Alegre, people around the world celebrate a formidable, transnational Palestinian LGBTQ social movement. Solidarity with Palestinians has become a salient domain of global queer politics. Yet LGBTQ Palestinians, even as they fight patriarchy and imperialism, are themselves subjected to an "empire of critique" from Israeli and Palestinian institutions, Western academics, journalists and filmmakers, and even fellow activists. Such global criticism has limited growth and led to an emphasis within the movement on anti-imperialism over the struggle against homophobia.With this book, Sa'ed Atshan asks how transnational progressive social movements can balance struggles for liberation along more than one axis. He explores critical junctures in the history of Palestinian LGBTQ activism, revealing the queer Palestinian spirit of agency, defiance, and creativity, in the face of daunting pressures and forces working to constrict it. Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique explores the necessity of connecting the struggles for Palestinian freedom with the struggle against homophobia.
2021: Ruth Benedict Prize
Honorable Mention in the 2021 Ruth Benedict Prize, sponsored by the Association for Queer Anthropology.
2020: Lee Ann Fujii Book Award
Honorable Mention in the 2020 Lee Ann Fujii Book Award, sponsored by the International Studies Association.
There will be both an in person meeting and an online club. You attend both if you wish! In person at 3PM at Rainy Day Paperback Saturday or Online via text chat on Discord on Friday & Saturday. for online, drop in and leave your thoughts when able and respond to other folks: https://discord.gg/aJjNAeHQ
You can pick up the book from Rainy Day in person
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Where is it happening?
81 Greenwood Ave. (Route 302), Bethel, CT, United States, Connecticut 06801Event Location & Nearby Stays:
