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1 online resource (vi, 245 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
The growing visibility of lesbian and gay people in the countries of Europe formerly known as the Eastern Bloc over the past two decades has opened up a new controversial field for academic exploration and debate. The authors of this book explore, non-normative sexualities, which were virtually invisible under socialism, appeared in varied forms of public display aft er the fall of the Iron Curtain: on TV shows, magazine stands, and festivals, for example. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Europe, Eastern.
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Homosexuality -- Law and legislation. |
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Eastern Europe. |
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Lesbians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Europe, Eastern.
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Lesbians -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Gay men -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Europe, Eastern.
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Gay men -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Gay rights -- Europe, Eastern.
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Gay rights. |
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Homosexuality -- Former communist countries.
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Homosexuality. |
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Former communist countries. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Homosexuality. |
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Lesbians. |
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Gay men. |
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Gay rights. |
| Added Author |
Fejes, Nárcisz.
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Balogh, Andrea P.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Queer visibility in post-socialist cultures. Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Intellect, 2013 9781841506302 1841506303 |
| ISBN |
9781783201303 (electronic book) |
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1783201304 (electronic book) |
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9781841506302 (hardback) |
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1841506303 (hardback) |
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9781783201297 |
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1783201290 |
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