{"product_id":"a-queer-way-out","title":"A Queer Way Out","description":"Argues that queer Israeli emigrants engage in a deliberately unheroic form of resistance to Zionism.\n\nWinner of the 2019 Association for Middle East Women's Studies Book Award\n\nThe very language of Zionism prizes the concept of immigration to Israel (aliyah, literally ascending) while stigmatizing emigration from Israel (yerida, descending). In A Queer Way Out, Hila Amit explores the as-yet-untold story of queer Israeli emigrants. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Berlin, London, and New York, she examines motivations for departure and feelings of unbelonging to the Israeli national collective. Amit shows that sexual orientation and left-wing political affiliation play significant roles in decisions to leave. Queer Israeli emigrants question national and heterosexual norms such as army service, monogamy, and reproduction. Amit argues that emigration itself is not only a political act, but one that pioneers a deliberately unheroic form of resistance to Zionist ideology. This fascinating study enriches our understandings of migration, political activism, and queer forms of living in Israel and beyond.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 143847010X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.143847010X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Amit, Hila\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43357979050045,"sku":"BVV.143847010X.G","price":13.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/143847010X-0.jpg?v=1784243437","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/a-queer-way-out","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}