'On the fringes of society’ and ‘out of the closest’: a response to ‘Sexual/Textual Politics

Spencer, Lynda G

Title: 'On the fringes of society’ and ‘out of the closest’: a response to ‘Sexual/Textual Politics
Creator: Spencer, Lynda G
Date Issued: 2014
Date: 2014
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139034
Identifier: vital:37698
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2014.983324
Description: Gibson Ncube’s ‘Sexual/Textual Politics: Rethinking gender and sexuality in gay Moroccan literature’ focuses on an emerging body of gay literature that is developing within the larger framework of Moroccan literature. Ncube attempts to illustrate how the contemporary narratives of Rachid O. and Abdellah Taïa portray the quotidian experiences of minority sexualities who strive to exist in the hegemonic heteropatriarchies of Moroccan societies. These narratives challenge and destabilise the heteronormative ideals of Arab-Muslim communities and endeavour to offer alternative ways of thinking about marginalised sexualities in the public space. This analysis draws on the feminist underpinnings of Maria Pia Lara to argue that private gay narratives have the potential to re-imagine the public domain.
Format: 3 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Relation: Spencer, L.G., 2014. On the fringes of society’and ‘out of the closest’: a response to ‘Sexual/Textual Politics. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 32(4), pp.491-492
Relation: Journal of Contemporary African Studies volume 32 number 4 491 492 December 2014 0258-9001
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