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Georgis, Dina.

The better story : queer affects from the Middle East / Dina Georgis. - 1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : What's in a better story, or listening queerly -- Two stories in one -- When the subaltern speaks and speaking of a suicide -- Terrorism and the aesthetics of love -- Postcolonial revolt : an antihero in search of self -- Discarded histories and the adjectives of queer pain -- Epilogue : The story never ends.

This book illuminates the emotional significance of stories in response to discriminatory traumas related to the Middle East.


English.

ISBN: 9781438445854 (electronic bk.) 1438445857 (electronic bk.) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Standard No.: ebc3408706

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gays--Middle East.
Homophobia--Middle East.
Minorities--Middle East.
Discrimination--Middle East.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gay Studies.
Discrimination.
Gays.
Homophobia.
Minorities.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle East.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ76.3.M628 / G46 2013eb

Dewey Class. No.: 306.76/60956