A Movie With a Messy Ending: Mess as a Queer Tactic in Lebanese Cinema
Published online on May 23, 2025
Abstract
Men and Masculinities, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 256-274, June 2026.
This article examines the “queer mess” created by non-normative bodies to challenge two primary sources of oppression in Lebanon: “patriarchal connectivity” (Joseph 1997) and “sectarianism”. Through an analysis of two contemporary Lebanese queer films, I ...
This article examines the “queer mess” created by non-normative bodies to challenge two primary sources of oppression in Lebanon: “patriarchal connectivity” (Joseph 1997) and “sectarianism”. Through an analysis of two contemporary Lebanese queer films, I ...