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Rodzaj (nośnik) / Item type
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książka / book
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Dział / Department
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Książki i czasopisma / Books and periodicals
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Autor / Author
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Gaar Adams
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Tytuł / Title
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Guest Privileges
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Podtytuł / Subtitle
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Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East
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Język / Language
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angielski
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Wydawca / Publisher
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harvill
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Rok wydania / Year published
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2024
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Rodzaj oprawy / Cover type
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Twarda z obwolutą
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Wymiary / Size
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14.0x22.0 cm
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Liczba stron / Pages
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292
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Ciężar / Weight
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0.4100 kg
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ISBN
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9781787303706 (9781787303706)
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EAN/UPC
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9781787303706
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Stan produktu / Condition
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nowy / new - sprzedajemy wyłącznie nowe nieużywane produkty
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An intimate and illuminating account of queer lives and migration, homemaking and community in the Gulf, from a brilliant new voice in narrative non-fiction
'An eye-opening tour de force... an important and necessary contribution to queer literature and an essential one.' Alex Espinoza
Upon moving to the Gulf States – where penalties for queer acts include deportation, imprisonment, torture and death – Gaar Adams wants to understand why LGBTQ+ migrants might choose to live amid such peril. From the UAE to Bahrain and Oman to Saudi Arabia – a region where four out of five residents are noncitizens – he begins riskily gathering interviews outside the tightly controlled state media, leading with what he thinks is a simple question:
Isn't it harder for you to make a life here?
But as unforgettable residents share a kaleidoscope of stories – from uproarious Filipino salon workers throwing secret drag parties to a courageous Pakistani farmhand helping his compatriots smuggle themselves across borders – cracks emerge in the framing of his enquiry, revealing disquieting assumptions about the motivations, places and identities of others.
As Gaar begins his own clandestine queer relationship, fault lines and deeper questions begin to emerge: about what we perpetuate and refuse to examine, and how we balance opportunity, risk, subversion and assimilation.
Weaving revealing memoir with unprecedented reportage, Guest Privileges is a decade-long journey of dislocation not just through the Gulf States – one of the most maligned and misunderstood regions in the world – but into the very nature of home, belonging and how we form a life and community.