TY - JOUR TI - Studia gejowsko-lesbijskie: reaktywacja AU - Nowak, Samuel TI - Studia gejowsko-lesbijskie: reaktywacja AB - 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. VL - 2012 IS - Numer 3 (13) PY - 2013 SN - 1895-975X C1 - 2084-3860 SP - 273 EP - 286 DO - 10.4467/20843860PK.12.024.0987 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/przeglad-kulturoznawczy/artykul/studia-gejowsko-lesbijskie-reaktywacja KW - gay and lesbian studies KW - British cultural studies KW - popular culture KW - identity KW - sexuality KW - queer