Resisting Genealogy

Diaspora, in its traditional sense, thus refers us to a system of kinship reckoned through men and suggests the questions of legitimacy in paternity that patriarchy generates.9 The term "diaspora" implies a heterosexual, masculine, and patriarchal definition of the relationship between a d...

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Published in:Jewish film & new media 2016-10, Vol.4 (2), p.161
Main Author: Yosef, Raz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citizenship
Cultural heritage
Cultural identity
Derrida, Jacques
Diaspora
Eroticism
Ethnicity
Gays & lesbians
Genealogy
Heterosexuality
Identification
Immigrants
Inheritances
Interpersonal relations
Jewish people
Marriage
Nationalism
Patriarchy
Political discourse
Race
Sexuality
Zionism
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Summary:Diaspora, in its traditional sense, thus refers us to a system of kinship reckoned through men and suggests the questions of legitimacy in paternity that patriarchy generates.9 The term "diaspora" implies a heterosexual, masculine, and patriarchal definition of the relationship between a diasporic community and its roots. [...]it is no different from the sexual politics of the hegemonic discourse. "46 It rewrites the Oedipal drama by refusing to replace desire with identification, instead insisting upon their coexistence. [...]by rewriting the father-son Oedipal scenario, the film also resists the problematic paradigm of "between two cultures" that is accepted in sociological discourses and popular media depictions of immigrant communities in Israel: the film avoids repeating the binary of tradition versus modernity, which transforms the diasporic father into a representative of the traditional past and "homeland" and the rebellious son into an emblem of progress and Western, modern lifestyle.47 Instead, the film proposes another relationship between them-one of queer identification and desire.
ISSN:2169-0324
2169-0332