Article ; Online: Exilic (Art) Narratives of Queer Refugees Challenging Dominant Hegemonies.
Frontiers in sociology
2021 Volume 6, Page(s) 641630
Abstract: Within the Dutch hegemonic discourse, the "migrant other" is portrayed as almost incompatible with "national culture" while it is simultaneously pressured to assimilate. This creates paradoxes for the queer refugee participants in this study. When these ... ...
Abstract | Within the Dutch hegemonic discourse, the "migrant other" is portrayed as almost incompatible with "national culture" while it is simultaneously pressured to assimilate. This creates paradoxes for the queer refugee participants in this study. When these refugees assimilate, they risk reinforcing the dominant discourse considering their group as the "backward other". When they do not assimilate, they are considered not "properly" Dutch. This paper explores how queer refugee artists can unsettle such dominant exclusionary discourses through exilic (art) narratives. Their experiences of exilic positioning (being neither there nor here) and queer liminality (e.g., nonbinary gender identifications) and their intersectional positionalities situate these artists in various "states of in-betweenness". Although these states may be challenging, this paper shows how they can also stimulate agency. Inspired by a feminist approach, this study aimed to co-create knowledge |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-05-10 |
Document type | Journal Article |
ISSN | 2297-7775 |
ISSN (online) | 2297-7775 |
DOI | 10.3389/fsoc.2021.641630 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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