Queering Space: New Frontiers
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2017
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology
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Thesis (B.A.)
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Abstract
In this thesis, I utilize autoethnography, textual and social media analysis to
analyze the novel Guapa, and the cancellation of a Mashrou' Leila concert in Amman,
Jordan in the Spring of 20 16, both in the context of queer space. I privilege space as a
locus of analysis throughout in order to study the movement of queer individuals and
ideas. In analyzing Guapa, I look at queer characterization and space in the novel, as well
as the social life of the novel within they physical spaces of Amman. In analyzing the
Mashrou' Leila concert incident, I look at the band's lyrics and place them in a narrative
of public space, sacredness, government power, and queerness. From these analyses, as
well as a base of experiences in Amman, I argue that new queer spaces are being formed,
virtual and physical, and that these networks are politically charged.