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Immigrant closets: tactical-micro-practices-in-the-hyphen.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14651179     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The theoretical and material moves within this essay suggest that culturally hybrid agents use the "closet" as a space to negotiate the intersections of sexuality and ethnicity in everyday life. Discussing some conclusions of my ethnographic research project with the Russian Gay and Lesbian Group of West Hollywood, this essay applies Michel de Certeau's notion of tactics to the daily micro-practices of queer identified immigrants as they move between the demands of overlapping and contradictory cultures. Examining the circumstances in the Russian-American-immigrant-imagined community shared by the informants in this site, I argue that, contrary to a popularized valorization of queer "outness," there is a great deal of power in the oscillation between visibility and invisibility.
Authors:
Diana Fisher
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of homosexuality     Volume:  45     ISSN:  0091-8369     ISO Abbreviation:  J Homosex     Publication Date:  2003  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-12-03     Completed Date:  2004-03-22     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7502386     Medline TA:  J Homosex     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  171-92     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Communication Studies, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA. Dfisher2@calstatela.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Emigration and Immigration*
Female
Homosexuality* / psychology
Humans
Privacy
Russia / ethnology
United States

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