of exceptionalism in Beirut to similar situations in Israeli cities, for instance. Second, in the conclusion, Moussawi introduces the concept of circular or looping temporalities—a promising idea that could have been presented and developed earlier to help frame the discussion of al-wad. Overall, though, Moussawi’s creative theorization around fractal Orientalism and queer strategies for dealing with ongoing everyday conditions is a powerful and innovative contribution with broad applicability. Moussawi deftly uses an intersectional and transnational approach to build a multiscalar argument grounded in everyday experiences and voices of his interlocutors. I highly recommend this text to students of gender and sexualities studies, global sociology, and Orientalism, in addition to the general curious reader.

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书评：诊断欲望：二十一世纪的生命政治和女性气质 作者：Alyson K. Spurgas

例如，贝鲁特的例外主义与以色列城市的类似情况。其次，在结论中，穆萨维引入了循环或循环时间性的概念——这是一个很有前途的想法，本可以更早地提出和发展，以帮助构建对 al-wad 的讨论。不过，总体而言，穆萨维围绕分形东方主义的创造性理论和处理日常情况的酷儿策略是一项强大而创新的贡献，具有广泛的适用性。穆萨维巧妙地使用交叉和跨国的方法来建立一个基于日常经验和对话者声音的多尺度论点。除了一般好奇的读者，我强烈推荐这本书给性别和性研究、全球社会学和东方学的学生。