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Transnational homosexuals in communist Poland : cross-border flows in gay and lesbian magazines
- Title
- Transnational homosexuals in communist Poland : cross-border flows in gay and lesbian magazines / Lukasz Szulc.
- Author
- Szulc, Lukasz
- Publication
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
- ©2018
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HQ76.3.P7 S98 2018 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxi, 253 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm.
- Summary
- 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. --
- Series Statement
- Global queer politics
- Uniform Title
- Global queer politics.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Homosexuality > Poland
- Gay people > Poland
- Lesbians > Poland
- Sexual minorities in mass media
- Homosexuality > Poland > Periodicals
- Gay people > Poland > Periodicals
- Lesbians > Poland > Periodicals
- Homosexuality > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century
- Homosexuality > Europe, Central > History > 20th century
- Homosexualité > Pologne
- Personnes homosexuelles > Pologne
- Lesbiennes > Pologne
- Minorités sexuelles dans les médias
- Homosexualité > Pologne > Périodiques
- Personnes homosexuelles > Pologne > Périodiques
- Lesbiennes > Pologne > Périodiques
- Homosexualité > Europe de l'Est > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Homosexualité > Europe centrale > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Gays
- Homosexuality
- Lesbians
- Sexual minorities in mass media
- Eastern Europe
- Central Europe
- Poland
- Genre/Form
- Periodicals
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: A sexual Cold War and its myths -- Part I: Global, eastern and Polish homosexuals. Globalization of LGBT identities and politics -- Homosexuality in the eastern bloc -- Homosexual activism in communist Poland -- Part II: Transnationalism in gay and lesbian magazines. Polish gay and lesbian magazines -- (Re)constructing identities -- (Re)building politics -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9783319589008
- 3319589008
- 9783319865058
- 3319865056
- 783319589015 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- on1007394833
- 1007394833
- SCSB-8936136
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library