Queer visibility in post-socialist cultures / / edited by Nárcisz Fejes and Andrea P. Balogh ; Edwin Fox, cover designer ; Bethan Ball, production manager

• Pubblicazione: Bristol, England ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : Intellect, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.766
• Soggetto topico: Homosexuality; Sexual rights
• Altri autori: FejesNárcisz BaloghAndrea P FoxEdwin BallBethan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Performance of Post-Soviet Identity; Chapter 3: Hiding in Plain Sight?: Making Homosexuality (In)Visible in Post-Yugoslav Film; PART II: Queer Politics and Activism ; Chapter 4: Taking Off a Cloak of Invisibility: The Clash of Discourses about Sexual Difference in SlovakiaChapter 5: Strategies of Inclusion and Shifting Attitudes towards Visibility in the 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 ; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Queer visibility in post-socialist cultures
• ISBN: 1-78320-129-0; 1-78320-130-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818808903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II