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Le Corps masculin arabe comme objet de désir dans la littérature et le cinéma queer francophone

Le Corps masculin arabe comme objet de désir dans la littérature et le cinéma queer francophone

Publié le par Marc Escola (Source : Olivier Le Blond)

Panel to the North East Modern Language Association, Baltimore

From Baudelaire to Genet, a great number of Caucasian Europeans have been attracted to the ideal the Arab man represented to them, whether it be because of his exotic nature or because the masculine ideal associated with the Arab man was an impetus of objectification. This objectification can also be found in the pornographic industry. Jean-Daniel Cadinot is a porn director famous for producing a great number of movies glorifying as well as objectifying Maghrebian men, making them the object of the desire of young Caucasians. In a more mainstream cinematographic venue, actors such as Salim Kechiouche have also been turned into the object of desire of male and female characters in movies by François Ozon or Robert Salis (Les amants criminels, 1999; Grande école, 2004).

As such, this panel proposes to explore the representations of the Arab male body in Francophone literature and movies. The term movie is preferred to cinema for this proposed panel in order to invite participants specializing in sexuality and/or pornographic studies. It welcomes papers that explore this theme of the Arab male body in these different media, and asks if such representations are a continuation of the colonial ideals, or if these representations went beyond such ideals and are now rooted in a postcolonial context.

Proposals of 200 to 300 words. Papers in French and English are welcome. Specify if any A/V material will be required.