"Homosexual men whose lives turned out unsuccessful": Polish aunties in the transition era. Issue 3 (3rd July 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "Homosexual men whose lives turned out unsuccessful": Polish aunties in the transition era. Issue 3 (3rd July 2022)
- Main Title:
- "Homosexual men whose lives turned out unsuccessful": Polish aunties in the transition era
- Authors:
- Janion, Ludmiła
- Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: This article investigates how the term ciota (aunty) was employed in mainstream media in the 1990s to exclude some gay men from visibility politics, and also how it was appropriated to counter these exclusions. The social, economic, and political changes of the 1990s disadvantaged "aunties" who were accused of hindering emancipation. I argue that ciota became what Judith Butler refers to as the "constitutive outside" to the masculine, restrained, and monogamous gay man. However, when given voice in the media, aunties presented gay femininity and cruising as a historic or even noble tradition, thus troubling the dominant condemnatory narrative.
- Is Part Of:
- Text and performance quarterly. Volume 42:Issue 3(2022)
- Journal:
- Text and performance quarterly
- Issue:
- Volume 42:Issue 3(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 42, Issue 3 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 42
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0042-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 332
- Page End:
- 345
- Publication Date:
- 2022-07-03
- Subjects:
- Homosexuality -- gay -- queer -- Poland -- media
Oral communication -- Periodicals
Literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals
302.224205 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rtpq20 ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rtpq20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/10462937.2022.2044070 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1046-2937
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- British Library DSC - 8800.620470
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