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Merabet, Sofian. "Introduction". Queer Beirut, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2014, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.7560/760967-004

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Prologue. Itinerant Journeys xv
Introduction 1
1. Producing Queer Space in Beirut: Zones of Encounter in Post-Civil- War Lebanon 11
2. Producing Prestige in and around Beirut: The Indiscreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and the Assertion of a Queer Presence 43
3. Walking through the Concrete Jungle: The Queer Urban Stroller Traveling amid de Certeau, Benjamin, and Bourdieu 69
4. Queer Performances and the Politics of Place: The Art of Drag and the Routine of Sectarianism 91
5. The Homosexual Sphere between Spatial Appropriation and Contestation: Collective Activism and the Many Lives of Young Gay Men in Beirut 112
6. The Queering of Closed and Open Spaces: Spatial Practices and the Dialectics of External and Internal Homophobia 134
7. The Gay Gaze and the Politics of Memory: A Stroll on the Corniche and a Walk through Zoqāq al-Blāṭ 156
8. “Seeing Oneself” and the Mirror Stage: The Ḥammām and the Gay Icon Fairuz 187
9. Phenomenology and the Spatial Assertion of Queerness: Spatial Alienation, Anthropology, and Urban Studies 210
10. Raising the Rainbow Flag between City and Country: Dancing, Protesting, and the Mimetics of Everyday Life 227
Conclusion. Struggling for Difference 246
Notes 249
Glossary of Transliterated Arabic Terms 261
Bibliography 265
Index 275

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Prologue. Itinerant Journeys xv
Introduction 1
1. Producing Queer Space in Beirut: Zones of Encounter in Post-Civil- War Lebanon 11
2. Producing Prestige in and around Beirut: The Indiscreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and the Assertion of a Queer Presence 43
3. Walking through the Concrete Jungle: The Queer Urban Stroller Traveling amid de Certeau, Benjamin, and Bourdieu 69
4. Queer Performances and the Politics of Place: The Art of Drag and the Routine of Sectarianism 91
5. The Homosexual Sphere between Spatial Appropriation and Contestation: Collective Activism and the Many Lives of Young Gay Men in Beirut 112
6. The Queering of Closed and Open Spaces: Spatial Practices and the Dialectics of External and Internal Homophobia 134
7. The Gay Gaze and the Politics of Memory: A Stroll on the Corniche and a Walk through Zoqāq al-Blāṭ 156
8. “Seeing Oneself” and the Mirror Stage: The Ḥammām and the Gay Icon Fairuz 187
9. Phenomenology and the Spatial Assertion of Queerness: Spatial Alienation, Anthropology, and Urban Studies 210
10. Raising the Rainbow Flag between City and Country: Dancing, Protesting, and the Mimetics of Everyday Life 227
Conclusion. Struggling for Difference 246
Notes 249
Glossary of Transliterated Arabic Terms 261
Bibliography 265
Index 275