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Queer encounters with Communist power : non -heterosexual lives and the state in Czechoslovakia, 1948-1989 / Věra Sokolová.
Van Pelt Library HQ73.3.C94 S64 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sokolova, Vera, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sexual minorities--Czech Republic.
- Sexual minorities.
- Socialism and homosexuality--Czech Republic.
- Socialism and homosexuality.
- GBTQ+ people--Czech Republic.
- Czech Republic.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- Physical Description:
- 242 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Prague, Czech Republic : Karolinum Press, [2021]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction
- Prologue
- Argument
- Terminology
- Structure
- ch. 2 Why Sexuality?
- Sexuality in Historical Scholarship
- Sexuality in the Study of Women and Gender in Eastern Europe
- The Queer Oral History Project
- Power and Agency in Authoritarian Societies
- ch. 3 Institutional Approaches to Non-Heterosexuality
- Legal Framework of Homosexuality
- From Cure to Care: Czechoslovak Sexology in its Historical Context
- Beyond the Hetero-Homo Duality: Sexological Attention to Transsexuality
- Gender Stereotypes in Czechoslovak Sexology
- Marital Adaptation Therapy: Homosexuality and Marriage
- ch. 4 Searching for Identity
- Growing up Queer
- Children and Youth in Communist Ideology
- Gender Animosity in Female Narratives
- Searching for Queer Reference Points
- ch. 5 The Subversive Potential of Everyday Lives
- Proper Gender as Camouflage for Improper Sexuality
- Challenging Myths about Female Sexuality
- Same-Sex Personal Ads
- Reading between the Lines
- Queer Family Constellations
- Queer Solidarity
- ch. 6 Queer Confrontations with the State
- The Hungarian Working Class Was Right to Revolt
- "A Whore among Pigs"
- Dear Comrades
- ch. 7 Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Oral History / Biographical Interviews (2009-2018)
- Archives, Libraries, Database Collections
- Printed Media Sources from the Socialist Era
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [224]-240) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 8024642662
- 9788024642666
- OCLC:
- 1090174186
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