[ecrea] new book: Transnational Homosexuals in Communist Poland

Transnational Homosexuals in Communist Poland

Cross-Border Flows in Gay and Lesbian Magazines

The book has been endorsed by key scholars in media studies (Larry 
Gross), history (Dagmar Herzog) as well as sociology (Ken Plummer, Jan 
Willem Duyvendak). You can find more information about the book below 
and here: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319589008.

I also encourage you to visit the book’s website 
www.transnationalhomosexuals.pl <http://www.transnationalhomosexuals.pl> 
where you can find primary and secondary sources I used in this project, 
including

- video-recorded interviews with Polish gay and lesbian activists (with 
English subtitles)

- sample issues of the analysed magazines

- articles on homosexuality published in Polish mainstream media in the 
1980s

For questions and collaborations do not hesitate to contact me at 
(l.szulc /at/ lse.ac.uk) <mailto:(l.szulc /at/ lse.ac.uk)>.

ABSTRACT

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 of cultural products, identity paradigms and activism 
models in communist Poland. The work demonstrates that Polish homosexual 
activists were not locked behind the Iron Curtain, but actively 
participated in the transnational construction of homosexuality. Their 
magazines were largely influenced by Western magazines: used similar 
words, discussed similar topics or simply translated Western texts and 
reproduced Western images. However, the imported ideas were not just 
copied but selectively adopted as well as strategically and creatively 
adapted in the Polish magazines so their authors could construct their 
own unique identities and build their own original politics.

CONTENT

1. Introduction: A Sexual Cold War and Its Myths

PART I: Global, Eastern and Polish Homosexuals

2. Globalization of LGBT Identities and Politics

3. Homosexuality in the Eastern Bloc

4. Homosexual Activism in Communist Poland

PART II: Transnationalism in Gay and Lesbian Magazines

5. Polish Gay and Lesbian Magazines

6. (Re)constructing Identities

7. (Re)building Politics

8. Conclusion


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