TRIANGLES AND TRIBULATIONS - THE POLITICS OF NAZI SYMBOLS

Authors
ELMAN RA
Citation
Ra. Elman, TRIANGLES AND TRIBULATIONS - THE POLITICS OF NAZI SYMBOLS, Journal of homosexuality, 30(3), 1996, pp. 1-11
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,"Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Journal of homosexuality → ACNP
ISSN journal
00918369
Volume
30
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1 - 11
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-8369(1996)30:3<1:TAT-TP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
This article explores the politics of ''reclamation.'' Its focus is on pink and black triangles, currently used as symbols for gay and lesbi an pride and liberation. Previously, these same identifiers were worn by those destined for annihilation during the Holocaust. I suggest tha t, in [re]claiming these markers, activists, however well intentioned, run a path dangerously close to the denial of history.