The Gay Girl in Damascus Hoax : : Progressive Orientalism and the Arab Spring / / Andrew Orr.
The Gay Girl in Damascus Hoax explores the vulnerability of educated and politically engaged Westerners to Progressive Orientalism, a form of Orientalism embedded within otherwise egalitarian and anti-imperialist Western thought. Early in the Arab Spring, the Gay Girl in Damascus blog appeared. Its...
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| Place / Publishing House: | München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Transnational Queer Histories ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XI, 161 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction: Orientalism and the Western Imagination
- Chapter I Crafting a Digital Heroine
- Chapter II Amina and the Media
- Chapter III The Scandal
- Chapter IV Academics, Ideology, and Identity
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index