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008 141124s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014029670
020 $a9781137321237 (hardback)
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050 00 $aHQ75.6.R8$bS74 2015
082 00 $a306.76/630947$223
084 $aHIS032000$aSOC017000$aSOC026030$aSOC028000$aSOC032000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aStella, Francesca,$d1975-
245 10 $aLesbian lives in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia :$bpost/socialism and gendered sexualities /$cFrancesca Stella, University of Glasgow.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2015.
300 $aviii, 192 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aGenders and sexualities in the social sciences
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 170-188) and index.
520 $a"Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book explores the everyday lives of 'lesbian' women in urban Russia. The first part ('time') examines generational differences between women: it shows how the Soviet system shaped understandings and experiences of same-sex desire, and how same-sex identities and communities have been renegotiated since the demise of state socialism. The second part ('space') attends to regional variation in contemporary Russia, by considering what 'lesbian' life looks like in metropolitan Moscow and in the provincial city of Ul'ianovsk. Francesca Stella details how women negotiate their sexualities across different social spaces (the home, the workplace, the street) and explores how 'lesbian' space is collectively carved out. Lesbian Lives in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia queries essentialist accounts of Russian sexualities as exceptional and foregrounds gender as key in shaping women's experiences. The book problematizes western-centric theorizations by critically engaging with existing perspectives on queer geotemporalities, post/socialist modernity and the value of public in/visibility"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: Locating Russian Sexualities2. Same-Sex Sexualities and the Soviet/Post-Soviet Gender Orders3. Lesbian Relationships in Late Soviet Russia4. Family Matters: Negotiating 'Home'5. The Global Closet? Negotiating Public Space6. Carving Out Queer Space: In/Visibility, Belonging and Resistance7. Conclusions: From Russian to (Post)Socialist Sexualities.
650 0 $aLesbian feminism$zRussia (Federation)$xHistory.
650 0 $aLesbian feminist theory$zRussia (Federation)$xHistory.
650 0 $aSame-sex marriage$zRussia (Federation)$xHistory.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Lesbian Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/237/9781137321237/image/lgcover.9781137321237.jpg