Queer in Europe : contemporary case studies / edited by Lisa Downing and Robert Gillett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Downing, Lisa.

Gillett, Robert, 1960-

Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Queer interventions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality--Europe.

Homosexuality.

Homosexuality--Europe--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xxi, 209 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., [2011]

Summary:

In a volume focusing on queer theory in specific European contexts, Downing (interdisciplinary study of sexuality and gender, U. of Exeter, UK) and Gillett (German, Queen Mary U. of London) introduce a valuable contribution to the field that transcends US- centric and globalized perspectives on queer thinking. In case studies treating queer identity in 13 European countries, national scholars and queer activists address conceptual, legal, and other salient issues. For example, the status of and discourse on the gay community in Poland since the end of communist rule is examined, as are the factors behind the image of Russia as representing an alternative queer culture to the West. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction / Lisa Downing and Robert Gillett

Queer in Belgium : ignorance, goodwill, compromise / Bart Eeckhout

Queer in Cyprus : national identity and the construction of gender and sexuality / Nayia Kamenou

Queer in England : the comfort of queer kittens, teletubbies and eurovision / David Nixon and Nick Givens

Queer in France : AIDS Dissidentification in France / James Agar

Queer in Germany : materialist concerns in theory and activism / Ute Kalender

Queer in Hungary : hate speech regulation and the queering of the conduct/speech binary / Erzsébet Barát

Queer in Ireland / Anne Mulhall

Queer in Italy : Italian televisibility and the "queerable" audience / Luca Malici

Queer in the Netherlands : pro-gay and anti-sex : sexual politics at a turning point / Gert Hekma

Queer in the Nordic region : telling queer (feminist) stories / Ulrika Dahl

Queer in Poland : under construction / Lukasz Szulc

Queer in Russia : othering the other of the West / Brian James Baer

Queer in Spain : identity without limits / Santiago Fouz-Hernández.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1409404641

9781409404644

9781409404651

140940465X

OCLC:

678536056

Publisher Number:

99947446522