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Other Russias: Homosexuality and the Crisis of Post-Soviet Identity

By Brian James Baer

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2009
ISBN
0230612245, 9780230612242
LCC
HM
Open Library ID
OL23097873M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
803 kB (822441 bytes)
Pages
228\228
Topic
Geography Russia
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

This unprecedented book examines the explosion of homosexual discourse in post-Soviet Russia from the turbulent years of the immediate post-communist era through the more troubling recent developments of Vladimir Putin’s regime. Focusing on concepts of sexuality, gender, and national identity within competing portrayals of same-sex desire, Brian James Baer explores a variety of popular media, including fiction, film, television, music, and print to detail how homosexuality in today’s Russia has come to signify a surprising and often contradictory array of uniquely post-Soviet concerns.

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