Durham, NC [u. a.]:
Duke Univ. Press
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1999
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244 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Essig, Laurie |
| Jahr: | 1999 |
| ISBN: | 082232346X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Drawing on the conventions of postmodern critical theory and cultural studies, sociologist and journalist Essig investigates issues of sexual identity and community in the former Soviet Union. Her brief overview of Russian attitudes toward same-sex activity reveals that laws criminalizing homosexual behavior were passed in 1716, repealed by the Bolsheviks, reinstated by Stalin and abolished again in 1993, and that jail or psychiatric institutionalization were not uncommon penalties. Essig's broader project is to reveal how the very concepts of "law," "cure" and "sexual identity" are constructed generally and in Russia. Using the theoretical work of Foucault, Judith Butler, Jürgen Habermas and Pierre Bourdieu, as well as personal interviews and reportage on the activities of gay social and political groups, Essig paints an engaging and perceptive portrait of a community emerging from the underground and struggling to define itself. She is adroit at discussing how the globalization of Western gay identity is received in post-Soviet Russian culture, particularly how the concept of "coming out" is difficult in a society in which any "public self-confession" has been politically dangerous. Contents: Preface * Acknowledgments * part I: the other: The Expert Gaze 1: The Law / The Expert Gaze 2: The Cure * part II: self: Identity Politics and the Politics of Identity / Queer Subjects and Subjectivities * part III: intersections: Clothes Make the Man: Gender Transgression and Public Queerness / Patriots and Perverts: The Intersection of National and Sexual Identities * part IV: sex: Conclusion | |
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