Nationality and sexuality: homophobic discourse and the 'national threat' in contemporary Latvia Nationality and sexuality
Nationality and sexuality: homophobic discourse and the 'national threat' in contemporary Latvia Nationality and sexuality
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国籍和性取向：当代拉脱维亚的恐同话语和“国家威胁”
DOI：
10.1111/j.1469-8129.2010.00476.x
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
MOLE R
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MOLE R
本文旨在了解为什么拉脱维亚对同性恋的态度似乎比所有其他欧盟成员国更加不宽容。它认为，虽然宗教的影响、共产主义的遗产和后共产主义转型都在塑造中欧和东欧对同性恋的态度方面发挥了作用，但这些因素并不能充分解释后共产主义国家之间的分歧，特别是不能解释拉脱维亚的极端立场。虽然承认对非异性恋性行为的不容忍不能用单一因素来解释，而是一系列社会影响的累积效应，但本研究认为，同性恋在拉脱维亚尤其受到谩骂，因为它在话语上被构建为对国家以其理想的种族形式的持续存在和定义拉脱维亚民族认同的核心价值观的威胁。
This article seeks to understand why attitudes towards homosexuality in Latvia appear to be more intolerant than in all other EU member states. It argues that, while the impact of religion, the legacy of communism and post‐communist transition have all played a role in shaping attitudes towards homosexuality in Central and Eastern Europe, these factors do not explain sufficiently the divergence among post‐communist states and, in particular, do not account for Latvia's extreme position. While acknowledging that intolerance towards non‐heteronormative sexuality cannot be explained by a single factor but is the cumulative effect of a range of social influences, this study argues that homosexuality is particularly reviled in Latvia because it has been constructed discursively as a threat to the continued existence of the nation in its desired ethnic form and to the core values defining Latvian national identity.