Shaban Darakchi
Biographic Data
| ID | 935243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shaban Darakchi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shaban |
| FAMILY NAME | Darakchi |
| SIGNATURE | DARAKCHI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4611-6186 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Whose “Coming Out“? Patterns of Coming Out Among Non-Heterosexual Males in Bulgaria
Doing “Dirty Work” in Academia
Making Gender and Sexuality Studies Illegal
The past decade has witnessed an escalating, well-financed, and well-organized international mobilization against any study, policy, or discussion related to gender or LGBTQI+ issues in many parts of the world. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have been disproportionately affected by this backlash, resulting in public threats and violence against scholars and representatives of the nongovernmental sector who work on gender and LGBTQI+ …
“A Community… Sounds Like Communism”
The term "gay community" has been criticized for its inability to explain the pluralities in a specific cultural and political context. Based on in-depth interviews with 63 non-heterosexual males in Bulgaria, this study aims to revisit the theories of gay communities in a non-Western, post-communist context. The data from this study suggest that (1) the idea of a "gay community" is often rejected due to anti-communist notions and explicit engagem…
Bulgarian LGBTQI movement
Based on 27 in-depth interviews, web platforms analysis, and participatory observations this study investigates (a) the emergence and the development of the Bulgarian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning and intersex (LGBTQI) movement; and (b) the activists' motivation for engagement with the movement. Challenging the new social movements’ theories the data from the study suggest that (a) the LGBTQI movement in Bulgaria emerged …
Coming Out To Yourself”
Emergence and Development of LGBTQ Studies in Post-Socialist Bulgaria
This article explores the development of LGBTQ studies and scholarship in Bulgaria. In part, it brings to the forefront the personal experiences of some of the first Bulgarian scholars working on LGBTQ studies. The personal is interpreted in part through explorations of Bourdieu's concept of "symbolic violence." Elaborating on the challenges regarding the emergence and the development of LGBTQ studies on an institutional and personal level, I dis…
The Western Feminists Want to Make Us Gay”
Muslim Marriages
Based on ethnographic data, this study investigates the changes in the notions of marriage within three generations in a Muslim Pomak community in Bulgaria. The main goal of the study is to revisit the concepts of the detraditionalization and retraditionalization of marriage, taking into account the communist past and the repressions against Muslims in Bulgaria known as the “Rebirth process” or the “Revival process”. After 1989 the notions of mar…
Gender, religion, and identity
Dynamics in the Notions of Sexuality Among Three Generations of Bulgarian Muslims
The Western Feminists Want to Make Us Gay”
Coming Out To Yourself”
Emergence and Development of LGBTQ Studies in Post-Socialist Bulgaria
This article explores the development of LGBTQ studies and scholarship in Bulgaria. In part, it brings to the forefront the personal experiences of some of the first Bulgarian scholars working on LGBTQ studies. The personal is interpreted in part through explorations of Bourdieu's concept of "symbolic violence." Elaborating on the challenges regarding the emergence and the development of LGBTQ studies on an institutional and personal level, I dis…
Gender, religion, and identity
Making Gender and Sexuality Studies Illegal
The past decade has witnessed an escalating, well-financed, and well-organized international mobilization against any study, policy, or discussion related to gender or LGBTQI+ issues in many parts of the world. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have been disproportionately affected by this backlash, resulting in public threats and violence against scholars and representatives of the nongovernmental sector who work on gender and LGBTQI+ …
Dynamics in the Notions of Sexuality Among Three Generations of Bulgarian Muslims
Dynamics in the Notions of Sexuality Among Three Generations of Bulgarian Muslims
Gender, religion, and identity
The Western Feminists Want to Make Us Gay”
Muslim Marriages
Based on ethnographic data, this study investigates the changes in the notions of marriage within three generations in a Muslim Pomak community in Bulgaria. The main goal of the study is to revisit the concepts of the detraditionalization and retraditionalization of marriage, taking into account the communist past and the repressions against Muslims in Bulgaria known as the “Rebirth process” or the “Revival process”. After 1989 the notions of mar…
Emergence and Development of LGBTQ Studies in Post-Socialist Bulgaria
This article explores the development of LGBTQ studies and scholarship in Bulgaria. In part, it brings to the forefront the personal experiences of some of the first Bulgarian scholars working on LGBTQ studies. The personal is interpreted in part through explorations of Bourdieu's concept of "symbolic violence." Elaborating on the challenges regarding the emergence and the development of LGBTQ studies on an institutional and personal level, I dis…
Bulgarian LGBTQI movement
Based on 27 in-depth interviews, web platforms analysis, and participatory observations this study investigates (a) the emergence and the development of the Bulgarian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning and intersex (LGBTQI) movement; and (b) the activists' motivation for engagement with the movement. Challenging the new social movements’ theories the data from the study suggest that (a) the LGBTQI movement in Bulgaria emerged …
Coming Out To Yourself”
“A Community… Sounds Like Communism”
The term "gay community" has been criticized for its inability to explain the pluralities in a specific cultural and political context. Based on in-depth interviews with 63 non-heterosexual males in Bulgaria, this study aims to revisit the theories of gay communities in a non-Western, post-communist context. The data from this study suggest that (1) the idea of a "gay community" is often rejected due to anti-communist notions and explicit engagem…
Making Gender and Sexuality Studies Illegal
The past decade has witnessed an escalating, well-financed, and well-organized international mobilization against any study, policy, or discussion related to gender or LGBTQI+ issues in many parts of the world. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have been disproportionately affected by this backlash, resulting in public threats and violence against scholars and representatives of the nongovernmental sector who work on gender and LGBTQI+ …
Whose “Coming Out“? Patterns of Coming Out Among Non-Heterosexual Males in Bulgaria
Doing “Dirty Work” in Academia
Sociology (11 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Bulgarian (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Human sexuality (4 works) · Law (4 works)