Queer in Russia: A Story of Sex, Self, and the Other

by Laurie Essig

Book Overview

In Queer in Russia Laurie Essig examines the formation of gay identity and community in the former Soviet Union. As a sociological fieldworker, she began her research during the late 1980s, before any kind of a public queer identity existed in that country. After a decade of conducting interviews, as well as observing and analyzing plays, books, pop music, and graffiti, Essig presents the first sustained study of how and why there was no Soviet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082232346X
• ISBN13: 9780822323464
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.4"