Ladies and Gentlemen, Boyahs and Girls
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boyahs and Girls
Uploading Transnational Queer Subjectivities in the United Arab Emirates
This chapter focuses on questions of governmentality and the regulation of queer subjectivities in cyberspace. For the “post-oil” generation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the use of social networking websites has led to the creation of a transnational pan-Gulfian queer imaginary that unsettles notions of sovereignty and territoriality. Indeed, in recent years, the UAE has witnessed multiple transgressive discourses pertaining to heteronormative structures of sexuality, with cybertechnology serving as a primary platform for the enactments of subaltern sexual subjectivities. However, the question remains to what extent cyberspace displaces the governance of gender that is embedded within the framework of the state's preoccupation with its global image and the preservation of an authentic, regional cultural identity.
Keywords: governmentality, queer subjectivities, cyberspace, United Arab Emirates, queer imaginary, cybertechnology, sexual subjectivities, cultural identity
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