Transnational Homosexuals in Communist Poland

Cross-Border Flows in Gay and Lesbian Magazines
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-86505-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 253 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 361 g

Reihe: Global Queer Politics

This book traces the fascinating history of the first Polish gay and lesbian magazines to explore the globalization of LGBT identities and politics in Central and Eastern Europe during the twilight years of the Cold War. It details the emergence of homosexual movement and charts cross-border flows of cultural products, identity paradigms and activism models in communist Poland. The work demonstrates that Polish homosexual activists were not locked behind the Iron Curtain, but actively participated in the transnational construction of homosexuality. Their magazines were largely influenced by Western magazines: used similar words, discussed similar topics or simply translated Western texts and reproduced Western images. However, the imported ideas were not just copied but selectively adopted as well as strategically and creatively adapted in the Polish magazines so their authors could construct their own unique identities and build their own original politics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Szulc, Lukasz

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Mediengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: A Sexual Cold War and Its Myths.- 2. Globalization of LGBT Identities and Politics.- 3. Homosexuality in the Eastern Bloc.- 4. Homosexual Activism in Communist Poland.- 5. Polish Gay and Lesbian Magazines.- 6. (Re)constructing Identities.- 7. (Re)building Politics.- 8. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Lukasz Szulc is Marie Curie Individual Fellow in the Media and Communications Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He has published articles in journals such as Sexualities and contributed chapters to books such as Queer in Europe: Contemporary Case Studies (2011). He is co-editor of the book LGBTQs, Media and Culture in Europe (2017).