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Tender Gestures in heteronormative spaces. Displaying affection in public by families of choice in Poland.
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Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography . Feb 2022, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p177-200. 24p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This article discusses the ways in which non-heterosexual people living in Poland understand and navigate displaying affection in public. I trace how LGBTQ people negotiate and develop their strategies of (in)visibility. I investigate the landscape of queer visibility outside 'the West' and in particular discuss concepts developed in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). I argue that the geographies of sexualities should pay more attention to public displays of affection (PDA) from the perspective of agentic queer subjects. I propose an approach based on tenderness to capture and understand the ambiguity and complexity of strategies of (in)visibility. The paper draws on research on the intimate life of non-heterosexual people living in Poland that included 53 individual in-depth narrative interviews and a monthly ethnographic study conducted with 21 non-heterosexual families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SEXUAL minorities
*LGBTQ+ people
*GESTURE
*AMBIGUITY
*ETHNOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0966369X
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154970783
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2020.1854692