Soviet and Post-Soviet Sexualities (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series)
Soviet and Post-Soviet Sexualities (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series)
Contemporary Russia and other post-Soviet states have become increasingly hostile towards the LGBT community with the introduction of laws restricting their rights and an increase in homophobic violence. This book explores how this has happened and provides a wealth of detail on this subject whilst also assessing how LGBT subjects are responding.
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Despite Soviet Russia having been one of the first major powers to decriminalise homosexual acts between men, attitudes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in contemporary Russia and the other post-Soviet states have become increasingly hostile, with the introduction of laws restricting their rights and an increase in homophobic violence. This book explores how this situation has come about. It discusses how meanings attached to non-heteronormative sexualities have been constructed for specific socio-political purposes by elites in line with Marxist-Leninist or nationalist thought, explores how attitudes to non-normative sexualities developed historically and examines the current situation in the post-Soviet space, including Russia, Transcaucasia, Central Asia and the Baltic States. The book provides a wealth of detail on this understudied subject and assesses how LGBT subjects are responding to this state of affairs.
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Title - Soviet and Post-Soviet Sexualities (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series)
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ISBN 13 - 9781138654709
Imprint - Routledge
Publisher - Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date Published - 22/01/2019
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Binding Type - Hardback
Dimensions - 156 x 234 x mm
Weight - 453 g
Languages - English