Article
To Exist is to Resist: Palestine and the Question of Queer Theory
Journal of Palestine Studies
(2018)
Abstract
This article provides an outline of the project of queer theory and the ways that this project has (and has not) engaged with the question of Palestine. Ultimately, the author argues that queer theory and Palestinian liberation share, albeit perhaps unwittingly, a defining resistance to elimination and an enduring commitment to unsettlement. As such, queer politics is and can surely become decolonial praxis, just as decolonization has a clear affinity with dissident queer resistance.
Keywords
- Palestine,
- queer theory,
- queer,
- Zionism,
- decolonization,
- settler colonialism
Disciplines
- Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies,
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies,
- Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies,
- Women's Studies,
- Philosophy,
- Feminist Philosophy,
- Other Philosophy,
- Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies,
- Ethnic Studies,
- Indigenous Studies,
- International and Area Studies,
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies,
- Political Science,
- Other Political Science,
- Political Theory,
- Gender and Sexuality and
- Politics and Social Change
Publication Date
Spring 2018
Citation Information
C. Heike Schotten. "To Exist is to Resist: Palestine and the Question of Queer Theory" Journal of Palestine Studies Vol. XLVII Iss. 3 (2018) p. 13 - 28 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/heike_schotten/28/