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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300479103321

Autore

Szulc Lukasz

Titolo

Transnational Homosexuals in Communist Poland : Cross-Border Flows in Gay and Lesbian Magazines / / by Lukasz Szulc

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-58901-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Global Queer Politics, , 2569-1309

Disciplina

320

Soggetti

Europe - Politics and government

Queer theory

Political sociology

Communication

European Politics

Queer Studies

Political Sociology

Media and Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: A Sexual Cold War and Its Myths -- 2. Globalization of LGBT Identities and Politics -- 3. Homosexuality in the Eastern Bloc -- 4. Homosexual Activism in Communist Poland -- 5. Polish Gay and Lesbian Magazines -- 6. (Re)constructing Identities -- 7. (Re)building Politics -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

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.