عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
TL52905
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Neither Here nor There: Liminal Space and the Queer Muslim Subject
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Al-Nima, Mais
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Sullivan, Esther
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Colorado at Denver
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2020
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
88 p.
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
M.A.
Body granting the degree
University of Colorado at Denver
Text preceding or following the note
2020
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In recent years, research on the intersection of queer and religious identities has been growing rapidly. Nonetheless, queer Muslims remain a minority in much of this literature. Furthermore, studies that address matters pertaining to diasporic queer Muslims living in a Western context are largely based in Europe or Canada. Thus, this research aims to explore the unique subjectivity and experiences of queer Muslims residing in the United States specifically. This study investigates the ways in which queer Muslim individuals articulate their cultural and sexual identities in contested environments; living in post 9/11 politically-charged America, on one hand, and belonging to Muslim spaces that promote heterosexuality on the other. 30 in-depth interviews are conducted with self-identified queer Muslims who currently reside in the United States in order to capture their experiences. A combination of convenience and snowball sampling are used to collect interview data on: queer Muslims` articulation of queerness in relation to Westernness, how they form networks of support, and how they make sense of the perceived tension between Islam and queerness. Analysis of the data reveals that participants actively engage in what I call strategies of creative difference to formulate alternative narratives that speak to their unique subjectivity. These strategies are observed through complicating the Western coming out narrative, queer ijtihad, and revising cultural histories.
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
LGBTQ studies
Subject Term
Sexuality
Subject Term
Sociology
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Al-Nima, Mais
PERSONAL NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Sullivan, Esther
CORPORATE BODY NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
University of Colorado at Denver
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Thesis]
276903
a
Y
