In Defense of Specters: Ambivalent Mourning as Queer Affect.

In this paper, I argue for theorizing ambivalent mourning as a queer affect and practice, opening up the possibility of sitting and reckoning with past and ongoing state-sanctioned violence, war, disorder, and mass deaths. To do so, I use a hybrid text—employing auto-ethnography and an analysis of t...

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Published in:	Feminist Formations Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 82 - 106
Main Author:	Moussawi, Ghassan
Format:	Article
Published:	Johns Hopkins University Press Winter2022
Subjects:	Bereavement War Ambivalence Affect (Psychology) Women of color Short films Violence in motion pictures Lebanese
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