TY - BOOK AU - Aripova,Feruza AU - Channell-Justice,Emily AU - Chernetsky,Vitaly AU - Kancler,Tjasa AU - Kislitsyna,Polina AU - Leksikov,Roman AU - Ozolins,Janis AU - Sekerbayeva,Zhanar AU - Shirinian,Tamar AU - Sultanalieva,Syinat TI - Decolonizing Queer Experience: LGBT+ Narratives from Eastern Europe and Eurasia SN - 9781793630315 PY - 2022/// CY - New York PB - Bloomsbury Publishing USA KW - Homosexuelle KW - Osteuropa KW - Gays-Europe, Eastern KW - Fernzugriff KW - Electronic books N1 - E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich; Cover -- Decolonizing Queer Experience -- Decolonizing Queer Experience: LGBT+ Narratives from Eastern Europe and Eurasia -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Performativity of a Global Identity and a Global Critique -- Between Overidentification and Disidentification -- The Chapters -- References -- Section I: The Categories Themselves -- Chapter 1 -- Body Politics, Trans* Imaginary, and Decoloniality -- Body Politics -- Situating Postsocialism -- Trans* imaginary as Decolonial Politics -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Querying Identity -- The Gift of Identity: Between Imperialism and Opposition -- Searching for Identity -- The Queer Preparation of an Instrument -- Questions, Questions, Questions -- Conclusion: The Stakes of Analysis -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Escaping the Dichotomies of "Good" and "Bad" -- History of the Women's Movement in Kyrgyzstan -- Influence of Religion on Gender and Sexuality Issues in Kyrgyzstan -- The Disciplinary Power of Jakshy Kyz and El Emne Deit -- Insights into Some Chronotopes of Being a Queer Woman in Kyrgyzstan -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Section II: Queer in Public -- Chapter 4 -- LGBT+ Rights, European Values, and Radical Critique -- Ukraine in a Homophobic Neighborhood -- Post-Socialist LGBT+ Communities and Activism -- Pride Parades and Homophobic Violence in Ukraine -- Alternative Activisms: Leftist Criticism of LGBT+ Mainstreaming -- Kyiv Pride's Precarity -- Pinkwashing Capitalist Progress -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 -- Queering the Soviet Pribaltika -- Historical Background -- Same-Sex and the City: Defying the Law -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 -- Queer People and the Criminal Justice System in Ukraine -- Methodology; Historical Trauma toward the Criminal Justice System and Queer Politics of Memory in North America -- Ukrainian LGBTI+ People and the Criminal Justice System: Cruel Optimism -- Retribution, Restoration, Rehabilitation or Prevention: What Type of Justice Do Ukrainian Queer People Aspire To? -- Conclusions: Denial of Trauma for Restoring the Relationships With the Nation-State -- Notes -- References -- Section III: Decolonizing Queer Performance -- Chapter 7 -- Stifled Monstrosities -- Rereading Fairy Tales -- Challenges in an Ethnographic Approach -- Female Monstrosities in Kazakh Folklore: Zhalmauz Kempir, Zheztyrnaq, and Albasty -- Crossdressing Motives and Practices -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 -- "Pugacheva for the People" -- Rural Queers and the Rule of Metronormativity -- Jancis: "The Internet Ruined My Life" -- Gints: Not in America, I Need It Here! -- Conclusion: Rural Queers and Their Cruel Optimism -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9 -- Religious Experiences in Life Stories of Homosexuals and Bisexuals in Russia -- Experiencing Religious Oppression -- Experiencing Religious Empowerment -- Conclusions -- References -- Conclusion -- What Next? -- Note -- References -- Index -- About the Authors N2 - In Eastern Europe and Eurasia, LGBT+ individuals face repression by state forces and non-state actors who attempt to reinforce their vision of traditional social values.Decolonizing Queer Experience moves beyond discourses of oppression and repression to explore the resistance and resilience of LGBT+ communities who are remaking UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/maxweberstiftung-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6416519 ER -