Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Εκπαίδευση και Ανθρώπινα Δικαιώματα (ενιαίος μεταπτυχιακός τίτλος ειδίκευσης που χορηγείται από κοινού από το ΕΚΠΑ και το Πανεπιστήμιο Λονδίνου/2 τρίμηνα φοίτηση στο Πανεπιστήμιο Λονδίνου)Library of the School of Education
Author:
Kerentzi Persefoni
Supervisors info:
Μαίρη Λεοντσίνη, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, ΤΕΑΠΗ, ΕΚΠΑ
Εύη Ζαμπέτα, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, ΤΕΑΠΗ, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
«(Α)όρατες λεσβιακές πρακτικές και επιθυμίες: (Α)διανόητες σχέσεις ή στρατηγικές αντίστασης»;
Translated title:
"(In)visible lesbian practices: (Im)possible relationships or strategics of resistance"?
Summary:
This dissertation examines homoerotic women’s narrations of their (in)visible desires,
relationships, and strategic practices within their family homes and workplaces in
contemporary Greece. Drawing on the life narratives of homoerotic women who cohabit with their female partners, I explored the manifold ways in which these women
re-negotiate their everyday lives within their situated contexts. My findings indicated
that my research informants were neither making claims for a queer/lesbian identity nor for
a life structured on the basis of their sexuality. Rather, their claim was for recognition
of their right to construct their own life trajectories and for social recognition regardless of their partners’ gender.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
lesbianism, invisibility, strategic practices, life narratives, recognition