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This book explores the everyday lives of 'lesbian' women in urban Russia. It explores changes and continuities by examining generational differences, and attends to regional variation by considering what 'lesbian' life looks like in different locations, problematising essentialist accounts of Russian sexualities and western-centric theorizations.

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Engaging with intellectual traditions and empirical knowledge from Russia itself, this is a very important book at a poignant moment in post-Soviet Russia. - Sally Hines, University of Leeds, UK This highly readable book provides a fascinating insight into the everyday lives of lesbian and bisexual women in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. Stella makes a valuable contribution to the study of gender and sexuality under socialism and post-socialism. This is a timely book that will set significant new agendas in sexuality studies. - Jon Binnie, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

The empirical base of this book is ethnographic research focussing on the experiences, practices and identities of non-heterosexual women in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. ... this work can be seen as one of the first representatives of a post-queer study of sexuality, incorporating 'the criticism of queer theory while maintaining the grounded footing of empirical sociology' ... and a very invigorating one, indeed. (Judit Takacs, Intersections, Vol. 1, 2015) Engaging with intellectual traditions and empirical knowledge from Russia itself, this is a very important book at a poignant moment in post-Soviet Russia. - Sally Hines, University of Leeds, UK This highly readable book provides a fascinating insight into the everyday lives of lesbian and bisexual women in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. Stella makes a valuable contribution to the study of gender and sexuality under socialism and post-socialism. This is a timely book that will set significant new agendas in sexuality studies. - Jon Binnie, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

She demonstrates a thoroughgoing study of politicized and marginalized lesbian identities since a decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union. ... Stella's work is a valuable contribution for scholars studying gender studies. It is a well-founded publication because she has conducted first hand interviews with lesbians and analyzed her findings methodologically. (Vivian Sabrina Lee, Slovo, Vol. 28 (1), Winter, 2016) The empirical base of this book is ethnographic research focussing on the experiences, practices and identities of non-heterosexual women in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. ... this work can be seen as one of the first representatives of a post-queer study of sexuality, incorporating 'the criticism of queer theory while maintaining the grounded footing of empirical sociology' ... and a very invigorating one, indeed. (Judit Takacs, Intersections, Vol. 1, 2015) Engaging with intellectual traditions and empirical knowledge from Russia itself, this is a very important book at a poignant moment in post-Soviet Russia. - Sally Hines, University of Leeds, UK This highly readable book provides a fascinating insight into the everyday lives of lesbian and bisexual women in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. Stella makes a valuable contribution to the study of gender and sexuality under socialism and post-socialism. This is a timely book that will set significant new agendas in sexuality studies. - Jon Binnie, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

The primary focus of the book is the `experiences, practices and identities of non-heterosexual women in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia' ... . Stella's theoretical critique is far deeper and of relevance to debates in disciplines including Political Science, International Relations, and Anthropology. ... For those already broadly familiar with the relevant theoretical debates, it will be a rewarding and thought-provoking read ... . (Cai Wilkinson, Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet, jspps.eu, Vo. 2 (1), June, 2016) She demonstrates a thoroughgoing study of politicized and marginalized lesbian identities since a decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union. ... Stella's work is a valuable contribution for scholars studying gender studies. It is a well-founded publication because she has conducted first hand interviews with lesbians and analyzed her findings methodologically. (Vivian Sabrina Lee, Slovo, Vol. 28 (1), Winter, 2016) The empirical base of this book is ethnographic research focussing on the experiences, practices and identities of non-heterosexual women in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. ... this work can be seen as one of the first representatives of a post-queer study of sexuality, incorporating `the criticism of queer theory while maintaining the grounded footing of empirical sociology' ... and a very invigorating one, indeed. (Judit Takacs, Intersections, Vol. 1, 2015)

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Francesca Stella is Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK. She has held an ESRC postdoctoral research fellowship and worked as a lecturer at the University of Glasgow across the subject areas of Sociology and Russian Studies. Her publications include articles in Europe-Asia Studies and Slavic Review.

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