Soviet and post-Soviet sexualities
2020
Book
Total copies: 1
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.
Main title:
Soviet and post-Soviet sexualities / edited by Richard C.M. Mole.
Author:
Mole, Richard C. M., 1968-, editor
Imprint:
London : Routledge, 2020.
Collation:
212 pages ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780367662479 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.760947
Language:
English
BRN:
3046797