LGBT Activism and the Making of Europe [electronic resource] : A Rainbow Europe? /
Ayoub, Phillip.author.
Paternotte, David.author.
This book explores the alleged uniqueness of the European experience, and investigates its ties to a long history of LGBT and queer movements in the region. These movements, the book argues, were inspired by specific ideas about Europe, which they sought to realize on the ground through activism.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I Meanings of Europe; 2 The European Origins of Transnational Organizing: The International Committee for Sexual Equality; 3 LGBT Activism in Kyrgyzstan: What Role for Europe?; 4 "In Europe It's Different": Homonationalism and Peripheral Desires for Europe; Part II Practicing Europe in LGBTQ Activism; 5 Deploying Europe: The Creation of Discursive Imperatives for Same-Sex Unions
6 Transnational LGBTI Activism and the European Courts: Constructing the Idea of Europe7 Queer Activism and the Idea of "Practicing Europe"; Part III Becoming European; 8 Trans Networking in the European Vortex: Between Advocacy and Grassroots Politics; 9 Transnational Solidarities and LGBTQ Politics in Poland; 10 Split Europe: Homonationalism and Homophobia in Croatia; 11 Conclusion; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This book explores the alleged uniqueness of the European experience, and investigates its ties to a long history of LGBT and queer movements in the region. These movements, the book argues, were inspired by specific ideas about Europe, which they sought to realize on the ground through activism.
Social policy.
Sociology.
Political science.
Europe-Politics and government.
Public administration.
Political communication.
Social Policy.
Gender Studies.
Political Science.
European Politics.
Public Administration.
Political Communication.