Queering Iceland

Bókin fjallar um hinsegin aðgerðasemi á Íslandi fyrr og nú og setur hana í sögulegt, pólitískt og menningarlegt samhengi. Höfundar hefja umfjöllunina á Samtökunum ’78, fyrstu samtökum homma og lesbía á Íslandi, og rekja þróunina fram til ársins 2000. Þeir lýsa réttindabaráttu hinsegin fólks sem samspili fjölbreyttra og samtengdra þátta og leggja þannig til nálgun sem nær út fyrir sjálfsmyndarpólitík og línulegar framfarasögur.

This book provides a historical and contemporary analysis of queer activism in Iceland, and its historical, political, and cultural context. Starting with the Samtökin 78, the first gay and lesbian organization in Iceland, and progressing through the year 2000, the authors present the gay liberation movement as an assemblage of diverse and interconnected elements—a framework which transcends identity politics and teleological narratives.

Ultimately, Queering Iceland shows how queer activism functions as both public pedagogy, focused on education, and as queer heterotopic space. Using the Icelandic context as a case study, this book gives a nuanced analysis of queer activism in Nordic culture that will be of interest in gender studies, cultural studies, sociology, and modern history.