To what extent is queer anti-identitarian? And how is it experienced by activists at the European level? At queer festivals, activists, artists and participants come together to build new forms of sociability and practice their ideals through anti-binary and inclusive idioms of gender and sexuality. These ideals are moreover channelled through a series of organisational and cultural practices that aim at the emergence of queer as a collective identity. Through the study of festivals in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Copenhagen, and Oslo, Queer Festivals: Challenging Collective Identities in a Transnational Europe thoughtfully analyses the role of activist practices in the building of collective identities for social movement studies as well as the role of festivals as significant repertoires of collective action and sites of identitarian explorations in contemporary Europe.

Konstantinos Eleftheriadis is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre d'études des mouvements sociaux (CEMS-IMM) at the EHESS-Paris. He teaches sociology at SciencesPo-Paris and at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.

1. Introduction: Queer Festivals and the Anti-Identity Paradox: Transnational collective identities beyond the state2. The origins of queer festivals in Europe3. Organizing the queer space: Squats, Horizontality and Do-It-Yourself4. What is 'queer' about queer festivals?: Negotiating Identity and Autonomy5. 'Not yet queer enough': Constructing Identity through culture6. Queering Transnationalism7. Anti-identity, Politics and the State: Queer Challenges and Future DirectionsAppendix ReferencesIndex