Queer visibility in post-socialist cultures. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nárcisz Fejes and Andrea P. Balogh.
• Other Names: Fejes, Nárcisz; Balogh, Andrea P
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Post-socialist Politics of Queer In/visibility; PART I: Queer Negotiations of Post-socialist Identities; Chapter 1: Sexual Rights as a Tool for Mapping Europe: Discourses of Human Rights and European Identity in Activists' Struggles in Croatia; Chapter 2: Now You See It: Gay (In)Visibility and the Performanceof Post-Soviet Identity; Chapter 3: Hiding in Plain Sight?: Making Homosexuality (In)Visible inPost-Yugoslav Film; PART II: Queer Politics and Activism. Chapter 4: Taking Off a Cloak of Invisibility: The Clash of Discourses aboutSexual Difference in SlovakiaChapter 5: Strategies of Inclusion and Shifting Attitudes towards Visibility inthe Gay, Lesbian, and Queer Discourse in the Czech Republic after 1989; Chapter 6: The Politics of Coming Out and Hungarian Nationalism; Chapter 7: Neutralizing Visibility: Bulgarian Strategies for Justifying Inequality; PART III: Configurations of Queer in Post-socialist Film and Media; Chapter 8 :The Double Bind of Visibility: Mainstreaming Lesbianism in Love Sick. Chapter 9: Straight Eye for the Queer Guy: Gay Male Visibility in Post-Soviet Russian FilmsChapter 10: Global Popular Media and the Local Limits of Queering; Notes on Contributors; Back Cover.
• Publisher Details: Bristol Chicago, IL : Intellect
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 245 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 323.3/2640947; Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Europe, Eastern; Lesbians -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Europe, Eastern; Gay men -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Europe, Eastern; Gay rights -- Europe, Eastern; Homosexuality -- Former communist countries; Homosexuality; Post-socialist; Sexual rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Gay men -- Legal status, laws, etc; Gay rights; Homosexuality; Homosexuality -- Law and legislation; Lesbians -- Legal status, laws, etc; Europe, Eastern; Former communist countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783201303; 1783201304; 9781783201297; 1783201290
• Related ISBNs: 9781841506302; 1841506303
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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