TY - JOUR
TI - Gay and Lesbian Studies: Reactivation
AU - Nowak, Samuel
TI - Gay and Lesbian Studies: Reactivation
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 - Issue 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/en/journal/przeglad-kulturoznawczy/article/studia-gejowsko-lesbijskie-reaktywacja
KW - gay and lesbian studies
KW - British cultural studies
KW - popular culture
KW - identity
KW - sexuality
KW - queer