CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Gailiunaite, Paule |
|---|---|
| Title | In-Between Affinity And Difference: (Re)Constructing Traditional Lithuanianness Within The Paradigm Of The European LGBTI Normativity |
| Summary | This study examines the contested and ongoing search for traditional Lithuanian identity by delving into the politics of sexuality. It explores how Lithuanian politicians discursively construct the meaning of traditional Lithuanianness vis-à-vis postmodern Europeanness through the paradigm of LGBTI. This thesis also investigates how the discourses pertain to and simultaneously resist the cultural incongruencies with the EU. It applied postcolonial lenses to discover the ambiguities of the political rhetoric and analyzed the statements delivered by the current Lithuanian President and conservative politicians. This research discovered that discourses aim to affirm Lithuanian agency as superior to Europeanness, and ambivalently inscribe Lithuanian inferiority within cultural asymmetries. |
| Supervisor | Merlingen Michael |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/gailiunaite_paule.pdf |
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