Article
Homonationalism: From Critique to Diagnosis, or, We Are All Homonational Now
International Feminist Journal of Politics
(2016)
Abstract
This article tracks Jasbir Puar’s term “homonationalism” as its meaning has transformed in her scholarly work as well that of Maya Mikdashi. I argue that homonationalism has evolved from its original formulation as, in part, a critique of politics, into, in its current guise, a diagnostic of international political relations. Although this transition offers
insight into the international scene, I argue that homonationalism also loses its distinctiveness as a political formation in its own right as well as its critical capacity in the process. In particular, I argue that homonationalism becomes incapable of critically evaluating activist strategies, practices and discourses of political resistance.
Keywords
- homonationalism,
- pinkwashing,
- Puar,
- Terrorist Assemblages,
- queer,
- queer theory
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 11, 2016
Citation Information
C. Heike Schotten. "Homonationalism: From Critique to Diagnosis, or, We Are All Homonational Now" International Feminist Journal of Politics (2016) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/heike_schotten/23/