{"product_id":"writing-queer-identities-in-morocco-abdellah-taa-and-moroccan-committed-literature-9780755637706","title":"Writing Queer Identities in Morocco: Abdellah Ta?a and Moroccan Committed Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores queer identity in Morocco through the work of author and LGBT activist Abdellah Ta?a, who defied the country's anti-homosexuality laws by publicly coming out in 2006. Engaging postcolonial, queer and literary theory, Tina Dransfeldt Christensen examines Ta?a's art and activism in the context of the wider debates around sexuality in Morocco. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlacing key novels such as \u003ci\u003eSalvation Army\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInfidels \u003c\/i\u003ein dialogue with Moroccan writers including Driss Chra?bi and Abdelkebir Khatibi, she shows how Ta?a draws upon a long tradition of politically committed art in Morocco to subvert traditional notions of heteronormativity. By giving space to silenced or otherwise marginalised voices, she shows how his writings offer a powerful critique of discourses of class, authenticity, culture and nationality in Morocco and North Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTina Dransfeldt Christensen\u003c\/b\u003e holds an MA in Islamic Studies from University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and a PhD in Cultural Encounters from Roskilde University, Denmark. She is currently an external lecturer at Roskilde University. She has published in peer reviewed journals and collections including \u003ci\u003eExpressions maghr?bines, International Journal of Postcolonial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of North African Studies \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Islamic Studies Journal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"I. B. Tauris \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50862325989650,"sku":"9780755637706","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf260da7-901b-448c-b7be-bdcc2ba9bad8.jpg?v=1737620037","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/writing-queer-identities-in-morocco-abdellah-taa-and-moroccan-committed-literature-9780755637706","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}