Queering Postcolonial Worlds: An Introduction

Abstract: In lieu of an abstract, here is the first paragraph of this introduction: The ensemble of cultural, literary, and theoretical representations engaged with throughout this issue are based on presentations given at the Postgraduate Forum of the German Association of Anglophone and Postcolonial Studies (GAPS), which we—the guest editors of this issue—co-organized in October 2023 at the University of Bremen. The creative works examined here present the world “slantwise” in how they articulate queer, postcolonial relations and conditions in different ways (cf. also Buckley and Ilott 1). In their (re-)orientations toward institutionalized religion, temporality, space, legal frameworks, and colonial legacies, these cultural productions reflect, and facilitate reflection on, how we situate ourselves in our multifaceted worlds. In doing so, they begin to challenge how ostensibly postcolonial worlds intersect with queer subjectivities and the plurality of queer experiences. Indeed, Ahmed pos.... https://journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/genderforum/article/view/3165

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Queering Postcolonial Worlds: An Introduction ; volume:23 ; number:1 ; year:2024 ; Gender forum ; 23, Heft 1 (2024)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Maricocchi, Rita ; Neumann, Dorit ; Talabi, Olawadunni ; Wieser-Cox, Corina

Further information

• DOI: 10.18716/ojs/gefo/2024.3165
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2502060014385.034076411371
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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