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Masculinities in the South Caucasus

“Masculinities in the South Caucasus: Forms, Hierarchies, and Challenges” follows an interdisciplinary, multi-format approach, containing academic articles, autobiographical stories, oral histories, and illustrations. In their original contributions, sixteen authors from/based in the South Caucasus discuss masculinities to diverse social phenomena, including, but not limited to, clothing, fatherhood, sports, the military, criminal practices, and sexual identity. 
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Queer Feelings

Queer Feelings

The purpose of Queer theory, by its most common definition, is to challenge heteronormativity and existing, already defined categories of sexuality constantly. It speaks about the specificities and limits of struggles, which are produced by these categories. Queer theory formed the basis for Queer activism.

Fight for the Public Space: When Personal is Political

Public space is not gender neutral. This statement might sound provocative, but if we ask who we see most in the public space and whose interests and comfort it is tailored to, we will discover that the public space to this day remains the domain of young and healthy men of the right religious confession and sexual orientation. Women have fought and won the right to physically occupy the public space, but in the Georgian context this space is not gender sensitive or fitted to women's needs and safety concerns.
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