Abbey, Matthew (2021) Beyond intelligibility : the hauntings of queer migration. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power . doi:10.1080/1070289X.2021.2003110 (In Press)

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Abstract

This article explores the haunting aspects of queer migration within two documentary films: Season of Migration to the North (Laumann 2015), a film about a queer Sudanese migrant who fled to Norway after hosting a fashion show, and Shelter: Farewell to Eden (Masi 2019), a film about a Filipino transgender migrant navigating European borders. Instead of focusing on how the films make the protagonists intelligible, I focus on how absences are conjured to question the necessity of making the subject intelligible. This is important because queer migrants are often framed as only victims of persecution who must become intelligible to the demands of sexual humanitarianism. Disrupting the way visibility is heralded as an achievement for queer migrants, I explore the importance of unintelligibility in migration, especially when the terms of appearance are controlled by not only norms surrounding sexuality, gender, race, and class but also the violence of European borders.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Homosexuality -- Social aspects, Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects, Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc., Asylum, Right of, Sexual minority political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc., Migration, Sexual minority political refugees, Gay immigrants, Gay rights
Journal or Publication Title:	Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
ISSN:	1547-3384
Official Date:	14 November 2021
Dates:	Date Event 14 November 2021 Available 3 November 2021 Accepted
DOI:	10.1080/1070289X.2021.2003110
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	In Press
Publisher Statement:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power on 14 Mov 2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1070289X.2021.2003110
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