what texts or film should I assign to address queer identities in Russia?

[Moss, Kevin M.]

Without false modesty, to quote Lev Nikolaevich, how about Out of the Blue?
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Blue-Russias-Literature-Anthology/dp/0940567202

It has a pretty good mix.

As to film: Stolpovskaya & Troitsky's You I love is probably the best, and you can include the Kalmyk angle.

Kevin Moss


On Apr 24, 2012, at 12:54 PM, Gabriella Safran wrote:

Dear Colleagues,
For a class next year on Russian identity and alterity as explored in literature and film over time, I'd like to include a week of discussion of queer identity.  I'd like to assign something under 200 pages of reading available in English translation, perhaps some stories, poems, a novella, from any period (or a mix from various periods - Imperial, Soviet, post-Soviet) as well as a film.  Any suggestions?
take care,
Gabriella

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Stanford University
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