Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Spring 2020
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Anthropology and Museum Studies
Committee Chair
Hope Amason
Second Committee Member
Geraldine O'Mahony
Abstract
In this project, I present research I have done on the issue of pink washing queer Israeli and Palestinian citizens and homonationalism within Israel and Palestine. I also create an exhibit brief outlining a hypothetical museum exhibit on this topic to be put up at the museum of culture and environment. The first section outlines the history and theory of my exhibit, and a brief personal statement where I talk about my interest in the subject and where I’m coming from before I design this exhibit. My theory is built off concepts of diaspora, home, belonging, queer identity, and intersectionality within Israel and Palestine as well as homonationalism, as defined by Jasbir Puar. My hope is that after completing more research, a similarity can be drawn between the concepts of home for all three communities, Israelis, Palestinians and Queers. The second section is the brief itself, outlining what the exhibit would look like including personal narratives of queer Israelis and Palestinians and a brief outline of the conflict so as to give visitors context. I also elaborate on possible sources of funding and a rough timeline for when I would go to collect narratives and information from the region itself and the time needed to finish building the exhibit.
Recommended Citation
Blaisdell, Tristan, "Queer Political Organization in Israel, and Palestine: Shifting away from Homonationalism" (2020). Undergraduate Honors Theses. 15.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/undergrad_hontheses/15
Included in
Collection Development and Management Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Museum Studies Commons, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Political Science Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons