הומולאומיות, אי־הזדהות ופרפורמטיביות קווירית: סרטוני הווידיאו של ליין המסיבות ההומואי המזרחי "אריסה"

This article explores the homonormative and homonational politics and the discourse of LGBT rights in contemporary Israeli film and video. Some Israeli films, such as The Bubble and Cupcakes promote homonormative and homonational discourse. This has been guided by a progressive trajectory from traditional societies to modernity, from shame to pride, from homophobia and the secrecy of the closet to gay sexual liberation and identity that follows Western standards. In contrast, the Arisa Mizrahi party line videos critique the underlying premises of the homonormative and homonational sexual identity politics of the LGBT community in Israel. They use queer performative practices of disidentification within mainstream culture, while simultaneously subverting the social norms that regulate identities into national, sexual, ethnic, and gendered normativity. These videos present a complex negotiation of dominant ideology, creating new Mizrahi queer ways of being in the world that are not based on a shared national or sexual identity.