Research Catalog

Title

Gay life in the former USSR : fraternity without community / Daniel P. Schlutler.

Author

Schluter, Daniel P., 1964-

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2002.

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Details

Description

x, 204 pages; 24 cm

Series Statement

Issues in globalization

Uniform Title

Issues in globalization

Subject

• Geschichte 1950-1991
• Gay people > Soviet Union > Social conditions
• Homosexuality > Soviet Union > History
• Personnes homosexuelles > URSS > Conditions sociales
• Homosexualité > URSS > Histoire
• Gays > Social conditions
• Homosexuality
• Homosexualität
• Soviet Union
• Sowjetunion

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-200) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Fraternity Versus Community in the Soviet Gay World -- Ch. 1. Constructing Social Institutions for a Soviet Gay Theory. I. Definition and Delineation of Community. II. Sexuality and Community Institutions. III. Institutions, Community, and the State in the USSR -- Ch. 2. Employing Social Research Methods for a Soviet Gay Studies. I. Participant Observation. II. Unstructured Interviews. III. Survey Research & Data Analyses -- Ch. 3. The Individual-Level Institutions of Soviet Gay Identity. I. Defining Identity and Identification. II. The Extent and Types of Identification. III. The Development of Homosexual Identities -- Ch. 4. Ecological-Level Institutions as Soviet Gay Places. I. Public Places Appropriated for Gay Purposes. II. Semi-Private and Partly-public Places Subverted for Gay Uses. III. Private Places Fashioned to Accommodate Gay Needs. IV. Gay Places in the Soviet Gay World -- Ch. 5. Group-Level Institutions and Soviet Gay Politics. I. Legal Restrictions on Homosexual Activity ("Sodomy"). II. Societal Attitudes Toward Homosexuality. III. The Prospects for Gay Political Activism in the USSR. IV. Gay and Lesbian Organizations in the Soviet Union -- Conclusion: Fraternity Without Community in the Soviet Gay World. I. Distinguishing Fraternal Institutions from Communal Ones. II. Secret Individual-Level Interaction Allows for Soviet Gay Fraternity. III. Thwarting Group-Level Interaction Prevents Soviet Gay Community. IV. Constricted Development and the Lack of Soviet Gay Community. V. Directions for Future Research. Afterword: On the Development of Fraternity and Community in the Former Soviet Union.

ISBN

• 0415932335
• 9780415932332

LCCN

2001034975

OCLC

• ocm47074704
• 47074704
• SCSB-14692180

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library