Barbosa, Gustavo. The Best of Hard Times: Palestinian Refugee Masculinities in Lebanon

IF 0.3 Q3 AREA STUDIES
Sa’ed Atshan
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The Best of Hard Times , fruto da pesquisa de doutorado de Gustavo Barbosa entre os moradores de Chatila, um campo de refugiados palestinos em Beirute, é uma análise etnográfica da construção da masculinidade entre os shabab (rapazes) do campo. Com leveza e humor, o autor usa a metáfora da água para construir a sua etnografia e tornar inteligível a realidade local; com uma sensibilidade lírica, ele constrói uma conexão entre os shabab e o leitor. A partir de uma perspectiva crítica em relação ao feminismo neoliberal euro-americano, Barbosa mostra os limites de “gênero” enquanto um conceito binário que opõe homens e mulheres, cujas diferenças implicariam, necessariamente, uma hierarquia. O argumento central do autor é que, num contexto onde o “poder” é inexistente ou, no mínimo, bastante limitado, como ocorre entre os shabab de Chatila, essa noção de gênero se liquefaz. É o voo dos pombos criados pelos shabab que serve de metáfora para a masculinidade desses homens sem poder. Barbosa faz mais do que dissolver a pretensa universalidade e atemporalidade do conceito de gênero ou defender uma interseccionalidade The Best of Hard Times is the result of Gustavo Barbosa’s doctoral research with dwellers of the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut. It is an ethnographic analysis of the construction of masculinity among the shabab (lads) of the camp. Thoughtfully and humorously, the author uses the water metaphor to weave his ethnography and lend intelligibility to the local realities; with a poetic sensibility, he builds a connection between the shabab and the reader. From a critical perspective in relation to much of the neoliberal Euro-American feminism, Barbosa shows the limits of “gender” as a binary concept opposing men and women, whose differences would, necessarily, imply a hierarchy. The author’s central argument is that, in a context where “power” is inexistent or, at least, very limited, as it happens with Shatila’s shabab , the concept of gender liquefies. It is the flight of pigeons raised by the shabab that serves as a metaphor for the masculinity of these powerless men. Barbosa does more than dissolve the supposed universality and atemporality of the concept of gender or preach for the intersectionality of gender, age, class, ethnicity and nationality. He proposes an alternative methodology and epistemology that engage movement rather than frozen positions: to queer the intellectual thought and the production of an anthropology that is more permeable to the studied realities and less tamed by academic colonialism. Queering allows us to envision other modes of living, relating, and connecting.
巴博萨,古斯塔沃。最好的艰难时期:黎巴嫩巴勒斯坦难民的男子气概
古斯塔沃·巴博萨(Gustavo Barbosa)对贝鲁特巴勒斯坦难民营Chatila居民的博士研究成果《艰难时期的最佳》(The Best of Hard Times)是对难民营青年男子气概构建的人种学分析。作者以轻松幽默的方式,用水的隐喻来构建他的民族志,使当地的现实变得清晰易懂;他的歌词敏感,在青年党和读者之间建立了一种联系。巴博萨从对欧美新自由主义女权主义的批判角度,展示了“性别”作为对立男性和女性的二元概念的局限性,其差异必然意味着等级制度。作者的中心论点是,在“权力”不存在的背景下,或者至少是相当有限的背景下,就像夏蒂拉的青年党一样,性别的概念变得模糊了。正是青年党创造的鸽子的飞行,隐喻了这些没有权力的男人的男子气概。巴博萨所做的不仅仅是溶解所谓的性别概念的普遍性和永恒性或捍卫交叉性,最好的艰难时期是古斯塔沃·巴博萨与贝鲁特沙蒂拉巴勒斯坦难民营的居民进行博士研究的结果。这是对营地青年党(lads)男子气概建构的民族志分析。作者巧妙而幽默地运用水的比喻来编织他的民族志,并使理解与当地现实相适应;= =地理= =根据美国人口普查,这个县的面积为。从与许多欧美新自由主义女权主义相关的批判角度来看,巴博萨展示了“性别”作为对立男性和女性的二元概念的局限性,其差异必然会产生一种等级制度。作者的中心论点是,在“权力”不存在或至少非常有限的情况下,就像Shatila的shabab所发生的那样,性别液化的概念。这是由青年党养大的鸽子的飞行,它是这些没有权力的人的男子主义的象征。Barbosa所做的不仅仅是消除所谓的性别概念的普遍性和永恒性,或者宣扬性别、年龄、阶级、族裔和民族的交叉性。他提出了一种替代的方法和认识论,它涉及运动而不是冻结的立场:对知识分子思想和人类学的产生产生一种更能渗透研究现实而不受学术殖民主义影响的人类学。酷儿让我们看到其他的生活方式、关系和联系。
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