Rather than seeking to destroy myths or refute heteronormative truths, queer history provides a lens through which we can broaden our understanding of the past, challenge classical interpretations and give a voice to those who have never been heard. In the first episode, Viktsya and Ula discuss the challenges of studying queer history, how they convey the importance of this work to themselves and others, and the role of Belarus and its colonial past in all of this.
Names mentioned in the episode: March Bloch, Philippe Ariès, Georges Duby, Michel Foucault, Monicque Wittig, Simone de Bouvoir, Judith Butler, Carolyn Dinshaw.
Articles mentioned:
Ariès, Philippe. Centuries of Childhood. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962.
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Routledge, 1999.
De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe. Gallimard, 1949.
Dinshaw, Carolyne. Getting Medieval. Sexualities and Communities, Pre- and Postmodern. Duke University Press, 1999.
Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality. Vol.I: An Introduction. Pantheon Books, 1978.
Hale, Jacob. Are Lesbians Women? Hypatia, Vol.11, No.2 (Spring, 1996).
Hanisch, Carol. The Personal Is Political, 1969.
W. Scott, Joan. Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis. The American Historical Review, Vol. 91, No. 5 (Dec., 1986).
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