Voices from Silence? Reflections on ‘Coming out’ in Socialist Czechoslovakia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F49777513%3A23330%2F21%3A43962006" target="_blank" >RIV/49777513:23330/21:43962006 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2020.1804252" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2020.1804252</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2020.1804252" target="_blank" >10.1080/00918369.2020.1804252</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Voices from Silence? Reflections on ‘Coming out’ in Socialist Czechoslovakia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The region of Central and Eastern Europe and oppressive social conditions in former socialist society often became symbols of the impossibility to articulate non-heterosexual identities under the conditions of a totalitarian regime. This study analyzes data from 19 in-depth interviews with people older than 50 living in the Czech Republic who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. It focuses on the ways in which their forced silence and inability to speak about their sexual desires resonated throughout their biographical narratives. The first part of this paper focuses on themes surrounding the absence of representations of non-heterosexual identities in socialist Czechoslovakia’s public sphere and the impact of this absence on participants’ perceptions of their own life experiences. The second part of the paper analyzes the ways in which participants relate to their own coming out and their reflections on their previous lives in relation to newfound opportunities to live outside of heterosexual norms. The paper strives to problematize the concept of “silence” as one of the defining features of this generation, in contrast with the concept of coming out as a sign of emancipation in younger generations.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Voices from Silence? Reflections on ‘Coming out’ in Socialist Czechoslovakia

Popis výsledku anglicky

The region of Central and Eastern Europe and oppressive social conditions in former socialist society often became symbols of the impossibility to articulate non-heterosexual identities under the conditions of a totalitarian regime. This study analyzes data from 19 in-depth interviews with people older than 50 living in the Czech Republic who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. It focuses on the ways in which their forced silence and inability to speak about their sexual desires resonated throughout their biographical narratives. The first part of this paper focuses on themes surrounding the absence of representations of non-heterosexual identities in socialist Czechoslovakia’s public sphere and the impact of this absence on participants’ perceptions of their own life experiences. The second part of the paper analyzes the ways in which participants relate to their own coming out and their reflections on their previous lives in relation to newfound opportunities to live outside of heterosexual norms. The paper strives to problematize the concept of “silence” as one of the defining features of this generation, in contrast with the concept of coming out as a sign of emancipation in younger generations.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50401 - Sociology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA17-06361S" target="_blank" >GA17-06361S: Partnerské vztahy v pozdějším věku</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY

ISSN

0091-8369

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

68

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

13

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

2214-2233

Kód UT WoS článku

000560613200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85089522736