%0 Journal Article
%T Studia gejowsko-lesbijskie: reaktywacja
%A Nowak, Samuel
%J Przegląd Kulturoznawczy
%V 2012
%R 10.4467/20843860PK.12.024.0987
%N Numer 3 (13)
%P 273-286
%K gay and lesbian studies, British cultural studies, popular culture, identity, sexuality, queer
%@ 1895-975X
%D 2013
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/przeglad-kulturoznawczy/artykul/studia-gejowsko-lesbijskie-reaktywacja
%X 
	Gay and Lesbian Studies: Reactivation
	My article encourages rethinking of LGBT studies legacy, a discipline which does not exist in the Polish university, yet it received a doubtful reputation. The popular narrative opposes contemporary lesbian and gay studies to queer theory – LGBT studies is claimed to be transhistorical, essentialist and anachronical. In my paper I argue that that approach is mistaken and I provide for positive arguments in favour of a critical return to the lesbian and gay scholarship. These four arguments are as following: interrelations with cultural studies; interest in sexuality and operations of the market; understanding and celebration of popular culture; creative tensions between LGBT studies and queer theory.