Kirill Polkov
Biographic Data
| ID | 6648467 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirill Polkov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirill |
| FAMILY NAME | Polkov |
| SIGNATURE | POLKOV K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Södertörn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9806-8289 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Russian queer migrants in Sweden
Based on 25 in-depth interviews with Russian LGBTQ migrants in Sweden, the article explores how decisions to (not) come out contribute to navigating precarity induced by geopolitical polarization around LGBTQ rights. This article highlights the agentic and empowering potential of multiple queer (in)visibility practices in transnational contexts and the ways in which material conditions influence decisions to (not) come out. The analysis focuses o…
Homotolerant versus Homophobic? Swedish Sexual Exceptionalism and the Russian Other
This article explores how discourses of LGBTQI rights, homophobia, and homotolerance intersect in specific nation-state contexts. Focusing on Sweden’s self-image of homotolerance, the author shows how this image has depended on the construction of non-tolerant and sexually backward Russia since 1991. This article suggests sexual exceptionalism as a more precise term to understand the relationship between Sweden and Russia in terms of geopolitics …
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Homotolerant versus Homophobic? Swedish Sexual Exceptionalism and the Russian Other
This article explores how discourses of LGBTQI rights, homophobia, and homotolerance intersect in specific nation-state contexts. Focusing on Sweden’s self-image of homotolerance, the author shows how this image has depended on the construction of non-tolerant and sexually backward Russia since 1991. This article suggests sexual exceptionalism as a more precise term to understand the relationship between Sweden and Russia in terms of geopolitics …
Russian queer migrants in Sweden
Based on 25 in-depth interviews with Russian LGBTQ migrants in Sweden, the article explores how decisions to (not) come out contribute to navigating precarity induced by geopolitical polarization around LGBTQ rights. This article highlights the agentic and empowering potential of multiple queer (in)visibility practices in transnational contexts and the ways in which material conditions influence decisions to (not) come out. The analysis focuses o…
Geopolitics (2 works) · Heteronormativity (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Autoethnography (1 work) · Closeness (1 work) · Discretion (1 work) · European history and politics (1 work) · Exceptionalism (1 work)