География русской квир-поэзии: Польша как место встречи традиции и скандала
Geography of Russian Queer Poetry: Poland as Space Where Tradition and Scandal Meet

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the issue of Poland as a specific artistic space in queer poetry in Russia of the 90s and 2000s. Drawing on the creative work of Alexandr Anashevich, Yaroslav Mogutin, Alexandr Ilyanen and Ilya Danishevskiy, it reveals the connection between traditional narratives present in the Soviet official and unofficial, underground literature and new perceptions of gender. While partly sharing in “gender anxiety,” Poland is, nevertheless, considered a commonplace setting in queer poetry practices and performances on account of its unreliable, limitrophe, “threshold” nature for Russian-speaking recipients.

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