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‘Refugees welcome’, including in (gay) porn : violence under the mask of liberation
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Abbey, Matthew (2021) ‘Refugees welcome’, including in (gay) porn : violence under the mask of liberation. Porn Studies, 8 (3). pp. 314-330. doi:10.1080/23268743.2021.1879666 ISSN 2326-8743.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23268743.2021.1879666
Abstract
In 2017, the porn film Refugee’s Welcome was released, directed by Canadian pornographer Bruce LaBruce. Using the ‘Refugees Welcome’ slogan popularized in Germany following the arrival of a growing number of refugees, LaBruce individualizes the narrative through the fictional story of Moonif, a young gay Syrian refugee who explores his sexuality upon arrival in Berlin. Indeed, a broader porn genre has emerged involving the depiction of refugees. In this article, I argue that Refugee’s Welcome perpetuates the trope of queer refugees having a sexual awakening upon migration, whereby the West is positioned as liberating refugees from the alleged homophobic Global South. Not only does this trope allow the film to directly focus on saviourism, but the queer refugee becomes imagined as inherently vulnerable by contrasting them to the imagined hypermasculinity of heterosexual Arab refugee men. This article thus explores the obscenity of demanding queer refugees only becoming intelligible through narratives of liberation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Gay immigrants -- Germany, Gay men -- Germany, Sexual freedom -- Germany, Sexual minorities -- Germany, Sexual minorities in motion pictures , Male homosexuality in motion pictures, Refugees -- Germany, Gay pornographic films -- Germany, Violence in motion pictures | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Porn Studies | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2326-8743 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 19 March 2021 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 8 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 314-330 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/23268743.2021.1879666 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been published in a revised form in Porn Studies http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23268743.2021.1879666. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 May 2021 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 September 2022 |
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