Queer in Russia - A Story of Sex, Self, and the Other

"An entirely original investigation of the gay and lesbian scene in Russia and a book of enormous value, "Queer in Russia" will serve as a beachhead in the field of Russian queer studies. In one volume one finds a concise history of sexual transgression in the Russian context as well as the rise of queer Russian identity."--Luc Beaudoin, University of Denver

List of contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part 1: The Other

The Expert Gaze 1: The Law

The Expert Gaze 2: The Cure

Part 2: Self

Identity Politics and the Politics of Identity
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Queer Subjects and Subjectivities

Part 3: Intersections


Clothes Make the Man: Gender Transgression and Public Queerness

Patriots and Perverts: The Intersection of National and Sexual Identities
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Part 4: Sex

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Laurie Essig has taught sociology at Columbia University and Trinity College in Connecticut. She is a columnist for New York Blade and Chicago’s Outline.

Summary

Examines the formation of gay identity and community in the former Soviet Union. The author presents a study of how and why there was no Soviet gay community or even gay identity before perestroika and the degree to which this situation has-or has not-changed since. He also examines the state of sexual identities in Russia.

Product details

• Authors: Essig, Laurie Essig, Laurie Essig
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.1999
• EAN: 9780822323129
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2312-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 694 g
• Illustrations: 9 b&w photographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Russland, Untersuchungen zu Homosexualität / LGBTQ, UdSSR, Sowjetunion