Studia gejowsko-lesbijskie: reaktywacja

• Authors: Samuel Nowak
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Gay and Lesbian Studies: Reactivation My article encourages rethinking of LGBT studies legacy, a discipline which does not exist in the Polish university, yet it received a doubtful reputation. The popular narrative opposes contemporary lesbian and gay studies to queer theory – LGBT studies is claimed to be transhistorical, essentialist and anachronical. In my paper I argue that that approach is mistaken and I provide for positive arguments in favour of a critical return to the lesbian and gay scholarship. These four arguments are as following: interrelations with cultural studies; interest in sexuality and operations of the market; understanding and celebration of popular culture; creative tensions between LGBT studies and queer theory.

Keywords

PL

gay and lesbian studies, British cultural studies, popular culture, identity, sexuality, queer

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Przegląd Kulturoznawczy
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 3(13)

Dates

published

2012

online

2015-10-02

Contributors

author

Samuel Nowak