BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Intersections, Interventions, and the Homoerotics of Orientalism -- talk by Joseph Boone PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_550826_0 SUMMARY:Intersections, Interventions, and the Homoerotics of Orientalism -- talk by Joseph Boone DESCRIPTION:

One of the largely untold stories of Orientalism is the degree to which the Middle East has been associated with male homosexuality by scores of Western travelers, historians, writers, and artists for well over 400 years. This story, when put into contrapuntal interplay with representations emanating from the Middle East, stands to reshape our preconceptions of Orientalism.

Drawing on his recently published work, The Homoerotics of Orientalism, USC Dornsife professor Joseph Boone addresses the theoretical, methodological, and ethical stakes involved in attempts to open a dialogue between Western perceptions and fantasies of homoeroticism in the Middle East, queer theory as it has evolved over the past decade, and the burgeoning field of sexuality studies in the Islamicate world.

LOCATION:Thompson Room, Barker Center 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20151112T220000Z DTEND:20151112T233000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR