Transnational Homosexuals in Communist Poland Cross-Border Flows in Gay and Lesbian Magazines /

• Main Author: Szulc, Lukasz (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Global Queer Politics,
• Subjects: Europe-Politics and government.; Queer theory.; Political sociology.; Communication.; European Politics.; Queer Theory.; Political Sociology.; Media and Communication.

This book traces the fascinating history of the first Polish gay and lesbian magazines to explore the globalization of LGBT identities and politics in Central and Eastern Europe during the twilight years of the Cold War. It details the emergence of homosexual movement and charts cross-border flows o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: A Sexual Cold War and Its Myths
• 2. Globalization of LGBT Identities and Politics
• 3. Homosexuality in the Eastern Bloc
• 4. Homosexual Activism in Communist Poland
• 5. Polish Gay and Lesbian Magazines
• 6. (Re)constructing Identities
• 7. (Re)building Politics
• 8. Conclusion.