De-Centring Western Sexualities: Central and Eastern European Perspectives

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Robert Kulpa, Joanna Mizielinska
Routledge, Apr 8, 2016 - Social Science - 232 pages
De-Centring Western Sexualities critically assesses the current state of knowledge about sexualities outside the framings of 'The West', by focusing on gender and sexuality within the context of Central and Eastern Europe. Providing rich case studies drawn from a range of "post-communist" countries, this interdisciplinary volume brings together the latest research on the formation of sexualities in Central and Eastern Europe, alongside analyses of the sexual and national identity politics of the region. Engaged with current debates within queer studies surrounding temporality and knowledge production, and inspired by post-colonial critique, the book problematises the Western hegemony that often characterises sexuality studies, and presents local theoretical insights better attuned to their geo-temporal realities. As such, it offers a cultural and social re-evaluation of everyday life experiences, and will be of interest to sociologists, queer studies scholars, geographers and anthropologists.
 

Contents

Why Study Sexualities in Central and Eastern Europe?
1
Queer Studies Circulation of Knowledge and EastWest Divide
11
2 Between Walls
27
3 Nations and Sexualities West and East
43
4 A Short History of the Queer Time of PostSocialist Romania
63
5 Travelling Ideas Travelling Times
85
6 Researching Transnational Activism around LGBTQ Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
107
A Czech Case
131
8 The Heteronormative Panopticon and the Transparent Closet of the Public Space in Slovenia
149
9 Heteronormativity Intimate Citizenship and the Regulation of SameSex Sexualities in Bulgaria
167
10 Situating Intimate Citizenship in Macedonia
191
Index
217
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