MoSeLit · Modernization of Sexuality and the Construction of Deviance in Soviet Lithuania
„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2021-09-01 → 2023-08-31
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 174 167 €
- Участници
- 1
- Схема
- MSCA-IF
Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите.
Накратко на български
Сексуалността и LGBTQ+ идентитетите в Съветската Литва се анализират чрез медицински, криминални и образователни записи. Това помага да се разбере как исторически се е формирала хомофобията и защо съществуват разлики в сексуалните норми в Европа днес.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
Modernization of Sexuality and the Construction of Deviance in Soviet Lithuania
"MoSeLit - Modernization of Sexuality and the Construction of Deviance in Soviet Lithuania" is a historical research project, which explores the structures of homophobia and the formation of LGBTQ+ identities in modernizing Lithuanian society. While contemporary homophobia in Eastern Europe is often attributed to the legacy of the Soviet times, the historical research into the stories LGBTQ people and their systematic oppression in Soviet Lithuania is lacking. The main goal of MoSeLit is to provide a historical examination of how the understanding of queer sexuality as “deviance” was informed and formed in medical, criminological, educational and other discourses and practices in Soviet Lithuania, seeing it as a part of the bigger process of the modernization of Lithuanian society. Furthermore, combining archival research with oral interviews, the project sheds light on the oppression of LGBTQ people in Lithuania, as well as the possibilities for subjectification, community building, and agency. By focusing on the cultural and intellectual history of state-socialist Eastern Europe the project contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the development of modern discourse of sexuality and contemporary queer identities, and provides new insights into the historical context of contemporary discrepancies in sexual norms and attitudes in Europe.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
While the hostile attitudes towards LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) people in Eastern Europe are often attributed to the legacy of the Soviet past, scholarly research on the history of sexuality and its management in state-socialism is still lacking. The main goal of this research project is to provide the first rigorous historical analysis of the construction of queer sexuality as “deviance” in medical, criminological, educational, and other discourses and practices in Soviet Lithuania (1945-1990). Besides from this goal, additional objectives of this project are: 1) to analyse the production of queer subjectivities and the boundaries of agency of queer people in the context of socialist modernization, thus questioning the assumption about the Soviet period as merely repressive; 2) to contribute to a more nuanced and less heteronormative historical understanding of the development of modern sexuality in the Soviet Union through a close engagement with queer and feminist theory; 3) to develop a conceptual toolbox, informed by postcolonial and decolonial approaches, to the historical study of sexuality in the context of Soviet Lithuania, in this way broadening the Western-centered theoretical framework of queer studies; and 4) to join the scholarly debates on sexuality and gender within the Cold War context, the modern history of sexuality in Europe, and the cultural history and intellectual history of state-socialism. In order to achieve these goals and objectives, the project combines archival research with oral history in the examination of the construction of sexual “deviance” and the limits of queer resistance in the context of Soviet Lithuania. Employing the insights from queer and postcolonial studies, the research will contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the development of modern discourses of sexuality and contemporary queer identities in Europe, and will question the narrative of modernization as sexual liberation.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- UNIVERSITAT WIEN · WienКоординаторАвстрия
Връзки
Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз