Using digital photography modern technology possibilities to make “gender reassignment photography”, I am questioning gender differences assigned to body shapes aiming to make male/female categories “fail” – I use the term fail after Butler "Paris is Burning" in a fickle/perverse meaning.
Contrary to numerous studies that denounce globalization as the culprit behind cultural standardization, this article intends to illustrate the imaginative character of the Lebanese Diaspora and their resistance to traditional models. Local and global are intrinsically bound to each other, hence the eclectic quality that emerges from these dwellings actually defines new vernacular expressions, in the sense of them being specific to each of the Lebanese Diaspora communities. (S.D.)
* a collaborative work between Randa Mirza and Stephanie Dadour.