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Queer in Russia : a story of sex, self, and the other / Laurie Essig.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Essig, Laurie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality--Russia (Federation).
- Homosexuality.
- Gay people--Russia (Federation).
- Gay people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, [1999]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As the USSR crumbled in the late 1980s, another transformation was occurring: the Russian iron closet was opening, allowing some of the most invisible members of Russian society to emerge from the shadows of law and psychiatry. This text is a study of this movement.
- Contents:
- The other
- The Expert Gaze 1: The Law
- The Expert Gaze 2: The Cure
- Self
- Identity Politics and the Politics of Identity
- Queer Subjects and Subjectivities
- Intersections
- Clothes Make the Man: Gender Transgression and Public Queerness
- Patriots and Perverts: The Intersection of National and Sexual Identities
- Sex.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-238) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822323464
- 082232346X
- 9780822379522
- 082237952X
- OCLC:
- 891395426
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