Negotiating ‘Serbia’ and ‘Europe’ amidst the politics of nationalism and Europeanization: an exploration of identity contestation and utilization within the LGBT movement in Serbia

dc.contributor.advisorSadecka, Agnieszka, juhendaja
dc.contributor.advisorPääbo, Heiko, juhendaja
dc.contributor.authorPoff, Meghan
dc.contributor.otherTartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkondet
dc.contributor.otherTartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituutet
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T09:02:28Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T09:02:28Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractEurope has recently seen the rise of nationalist, populist, and anti-gender movements. These movements, while diverse, are similar in their exclusionary visions which seek to define the proper national citizen. At the same time that these movements are attacking sexual and gender minorities, certain European governments and institutions increasingly champion LGBT and other human rights as a fundamental European value. By centering LGBT rights in both intra-Union and accession politics, the EU actively strengthens the imagined association between LGBT rights and Europe. These dynamics place LGBT activists on the European semi-periphery in a complex “in-between” state of being excluded from national citizenship while being expected to align with Europe. Given these factors, this research asks how national and European identities are contested and instrumentalized within the LGBT movement in Serbia. Relying on in-depth interviews with activists in the LGBT movement, this study uses a generic inductive analytical approach which allows for flexibility in the emergence of relevant themes and categories. The study found identity contestation to be a complicated process of public and private negotiation, while also finding that dominant Anglo-American identity models do not fully account for the unique historical and political circumstances of the Western Balkans.en
dc.description.urihttps://www.ester.ee/record=b5504244*est
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10062/82239
dc.language.isoenget
dc.publisherTartu Ülikoolet
dc.rightsopenAccesset
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subject.othermagistritöödet
dc.subject.othereuroopastumineet
dc.subject.otherrahvusluset
dc.subject.otherseksuaalvähemusedet
dc.subject.otheridentiteetet
dc.subject.otherSerbiaet
dc.subject.otherEuroopaet
dc.titleNegotiating ‘Serbia’ and ‘Europe’ amidst the politics of nationalism and Europeanization: an exploration of identity contestation and utilization within the LGBT movement in Serbiaen
dc.typeThesiset

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