LEADER 02862nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910810120603321 005 20240417042634.0 010 $a1-4384-4585-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000001041708 035 $a(EBL)3408706 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000834985 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11460207 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834985 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10981912 035 $a(PQKB)11636874 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408706 035 $a(OCoLC)833046302 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26146 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408706 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10661857 035 $a(DE-B1597)684276 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438445854 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001041708 100 $a20120430d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe better story$b[electronic resource] $equeer affects from the Middle East /$fDina Georgis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4384-4583-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aStories in one -- When the subaltern speaks and speaking of a suicide -- Terrorism and the aesthetics of love -- Postcolonial revolt : an anti-hero in search of self -- Discarded histories and the adjectives of queer pain. 330 $aFinalist for the 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the GLBT categoryWith a focus on aesthetic texts that narrate stories about or from the Middle East, The Better Story offers fresh insights into political conflict. Dina Georgis argues that narrative is an emotional resource for learning and for generating better political futures. This book suggests that narrative not only gives us insight into social constructs, but also leads us into understanding the enigmatic processes by which we become and give our "selfs" over to collective memories, histories, and identities. Stories link us to queer "forgotten" spaces that official history has discarded. The Better Story argues that feminist, queer, and postcolonial studies have not helped us think about lives that do not neatly fit into the valorized logic of resistance and emancipation. 606 $aGay people$zMiddle East 606 $aHomophobia$zMiddle East 606 $aMinorities$zMiddle East 606 $aDiscrimination$zMiddle East 615 0$aGay people 615 0$aHomophobia 615 0$aMinorities 615 0$aDiscrimination 676 $a306.76/60956 700 $aGeorgis$b Dina$01645938 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810120603321 996 $aThe better story$93992712 997 $aUNINA