Under Western Eyes: Vulnerable Minorities and the Russian State in New Cold War Cultures - Paperback

by Katharina Wiedlack (Author)

The book explores the New Cold War between Western and Russian media, focusing on LGBTIQ+, femininity, masculinity, racial diversity, and disability. It interrogates how while trying to claim liberal values as American and contrasting them with "backward" Russian values, media on both sides reproduce the same homophobic and racist narratives.

Author Biography

Katharina Wiedlack is an Assistant Professor of Anglophone Cultural Studies at the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna. Her research focuses on Russian American relations in literature and culture, entangled imperialisms, queer feminist activism, disability, racialization, gender, and sexuality.