Mole, RCM;
(2018)
The Post-Communist Identity Crisis and Queer Migration from Poland.
In: Menjivar, C and Ruiz, M and Ness, I, (eds.)
The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises.
Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.
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Abstract
An examination of the lived experiences of Polish queer migrants in London shows how a crisis in Polish national identity following the collapse of communism in 1989 constructed nonheterosexuals as a threat to Polish norms and values, thus fueling homophobic rhetoric, violence, and discrimination and prompting queer Poles to view migration as a potential means of escape and self-realization. An analysis of the narratives of twenty-five Polish LGBQ migrants living in London revealed different modes of domestic and crossborder queer migration as well as a range of ways in which sexuality directly and indirectly influenced their decision to move abroad.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Post-Communist Identity Crisis and Queer Migration from Poland |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190856908.013.21 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190856908.0... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | migration, identity, sexuality, queer, Poland, London, homophobia, nationalism |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10040761 |
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