Piekut, A., Vieten , U.M. and Valentine, G. (2014) Seeking ‘the New Normal’? Troubled spaces of encountering visible differences in Warsaw. Polish Sociological Review, 4 (188). ISSN 1231-1413
Abstract
In times of globalisation and super-mobility, ideas of normality are in turmoil. In different societies in, across and beyond Europe, we face the challenge of undoing specific notions of normality and creating more inclusive societies with an open culture of learning to live with differences. The scope of the paper is to introduce some findings on encounters with difference and negotiations of social values in relation to a growing visibility of difference after 1989 in Poland, on the background of a critique of normality/ normalisation and normalcy. On the basis of interviews conducted in Warsaw, we investigate how normality/ normalisation discourses of visible homosexuality and physical disability are incorporated into individual self-reflections and justifications of prejudices (homophobia and disabilism). More specifically we argue that there are moments of ‘cultural transgressions’ present in everyday practices towards ‘visible’ sexual and (dis)ability difference.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne . This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Polish Sociological Review. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | difference; visibility; normalisation; disability; sexuality; Warsaw; Poland |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2015 15:05 |
Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2015 06:36 |
Published Version: | http://polish-sociological-review.eu/ |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne (Polish Sociological Association) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:82656 |