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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810019903321

Autore

Ayoub Phillip

Titolo

LGBT Activism and the Making of Europe [[electronic resource] ] : A Rainbow Europe? / / by Phillip Ayoub, David Paternotte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

1-349-48309-5

1-137-39177-4

1-137-39176-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Gender and Politics, , 2662-5814

Disciplina

306.76/6094

Soggetti

Social policy

Sociology

Political science

Europe—Politics and government

Public administration

Political communication

Social Policy

Gender Studies

Political Science

European Politics

Public Administration

Political Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I Meanings of Europe; 2 The European Origins of Transnational Organizing: The International Committee for Sexual Equality; 3 LGBT Activism in Kyrgyzstan: What Role for Europe?; 4 "In Europe It's Different": Homonationalism and Peripheral Desires for Europe; Part II Practicing Europe in LGBTQ Activism; 5 Deploying



Europe: The Creation of Discursive Imperatives for Same-Sex Unions

6 Transnational LGBTI Activism and the European Courts: Constructing the Idea of Europe7 Queer Activism and the Idea of "Practicing Europe"; Part III Becoming European; 8 Trans Networking in the European Vortex: Between Advocacy and Grassroots Politics; 9 Transnational Solidarities and LGBTQ Politics in Poland; 10 Split Europe: Homonationalism and Homophobia in Croatia; 11 Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the alleged uniqueness of the European experience, and investigates its ties to a long history of LGBT and queer movements in the region. These movements, the book argues, were inspired by specific ideas about Europe, which they sought to realize on the ground through activism.