A Queer Way Out: The Politics of Queer Emigration from Israel
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Research Participants -- Methodology -- Outline -- 1. Israel, Zionism, and Emigration Anxiety -- Zionism, Migration, and State Policy -- Zionism -- Aliyah -- Yerida -- The Case of Cuba: A Comparison -- Emigration Anxiety in Public Discourse -- Emigration Anxiety in Academic Discourse -- Conclusion -- 2. Points of Departure: The Standard Emigration Story and Queer Israeli Emigrants -- The Standard Story?-Israeli Emigrants in Popular Texts -- Unspoken Subjects: Queer Israeli Emigration and Motivations for Departure -- Rotem, 29 years old, in Berlin for Four Years -- Kobi, 42 Years Old, in London for 12 Years -- Shani, 36 Years Old, 6 Years in London, Talia, 40 Years Old, 19 Years in London -- Elad, 33 Years Old, New York (Three Years) and Berlin (One Year) -- Challenging the "Standard Story": Main Themes in the Motivations for Emigration in the Narratives of Queer Israeli Emigrants -- Challenging the Economic Motivations -- Challenging the "Wish to Return" Conception -- Challenging the "Love of the Homeland" Conception -- Conclusion -- 3. The Israeli Collective and Emigration: Left-Wing Queers and Unbelonging -- The Location of Hatred and Unbelonging -- Queer Israelis and the Army -- Pinkwashing, Black Laundry, and Other Occupational Hazards -- Foreplay -- Second Base -- The Morning After -- Conclusion -- 4. The New Hebrew Diaspora: Queer Israeli Emigrants in Cyber Space -- The Establishment of the NHD Facebook Group -- Deconstructing Israel's Grand Narratives: The Discursive Acts of the NHD -- The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- Israeli Homonormative Gay Community -- Citizenship -- 5. Queer Interruptions: The Temporal Regime of Israel and Queer Israeli Emigrants -- Zionism and Temporality -- Temporality and the Nation-State -- Queer Theory and Temporality