Bio-necro-biblio-politics? Restaging feminist intersections and queer exceptions

Marchal, J. A. (2014) ‘Bio-necro-biblio-politics? Restaging feminist intersections and queer exceptions’, Culture and Religion, 15(2), pp. 166–176. doi: 10.1080/14755610.2014.911036. Abstract: This response to Jasbir Puar’s Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times (2007. Durham, NC: Duke University Press) proposes that, although it might seem a bit far afield for scholars within biblical studies, a range of conceptual interventions from this work could make striking contributions to this sub-discipline. Through further interaction with both exceptionalisms and intersectionalities, this response demonstrates the way that feminist, postcolonial and queer interrogations of biblical argumentation can also intervene, extend or reorient practices within cultural studies. The recurrence of exceptionalism reframes religious groups’ claims to openness, while concerns over the deployment of intersectionality enable critical reflections on interdisciplinary projects such as religious studies and biblical studies as disciplines. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit necropolitics.substack.com