Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi

Examining nine ''case histories'' that reveal the origins and evolution of homophobic attitudes in modern Russia, Dan Healey asserts that the nation''s contemporary homophobia can be traced back to the particular experience of revolution, political terror and war its people endured after 1917.The book explores the roots of homophobia in the Gulag, the rise of a visible queer presence in Soviet cities after Stalin, and the political battles since 1991 over whether queer Russians can be valued citizens. Healey also reflects on the problems of ''memorylessness'' for Russia''s LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) movement more broadly and the obstacles it faces in trying to write its own history. The book makes use of little-known source material - much of it untranslated archival documentation - to explore how Russians have viewed same-sex love and gender transgression since the mid-20th century. R ian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi provides a compelling background to the culture wars over the status of LGBT citizens in Russia today, whilst serving as a key text for all students of modern Russia.>

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Dan Healey is Professor of Modern Russian History at the University of Oxford, UK. He is the author of several books and articles on modern Russian history, including Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: The Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent (2001) - which was designated proxime accessit for the Royal Historical Society’s 2001 Gladstone History Book Prize - and Bolshevik Sexual Forensics: Diagnosing Sexual Disorder in Clinic and Courtroom, 1917-1939 (2009). He is also the editor of Soviet Medicine: Culture, Practice, Science (2010), with F. Bernstein and C. Burton, and Russian Masculinities in History and Culture (2002), with B. Clements and R. Friedman.

Professor Healey was joint Reviews Editor of Gender & History, 2004-2008, and he co-edits the H-Histsex History of Sexuality H-NET Discussion List. He also serves on the Editorial Board for Slavonic & East European Review.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dan Healey, Dan (University of Oxford Healey
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781350000780
• ISBN: 978-1-350-00078-0
• Seiten: 310
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Russia, European History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 21st Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social discrimination & inequality, Social and cultural history, Gay & Lesbian studies, USSR, Soviet Union, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, Relating to gay people, Social discrimination and social justice, HISTORY / Russia / General, Relating to LGBTQIA+ people, LGBTQIA+ Studies / topics