The liberated female : life, work, and sex in socialist Hungary / Ivan Volgyes and Nancy Volgyes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Völgyes, Iván, 1936- author.

Volgyes, Nancy, author.

Series:

Westview special studies on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

Westview special studies on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Hungary--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

This book examines the Hungarian experiment to liberate women from servitude. It provides details on the problems of Hungarian women in employment, in the household, and in the sexual relations and outlines the social policies of the government and the patriarchal culture values in society.

Contents:

Westview Special Studies on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

Introduction

The Long Road to Freedom

The Idea of Liberation

Oppression Anyone? A Brief Historical Perspective

Work That Liberates

Where Do Women Work?

What Do Women Do?

How Much Do Women Earn?

Why Do Women Work?

The Second Shift

Why Do Women Do It?

On Growing Up To Be A Woman

The Great Liberator: From Abortion to Contraception

Of Princes on White Horses

"I'm Getting Married in the Morning. . ."

What Is A Wife?

Where Shall We Live?

To Work or Not to Work?

On Motherhood

Mommy

The Young Mothers' Leave

The "Blissful Exploitation"

The Third Shift

Sex on the Third Shift

Divorce Hungarian Style

Women in the Public Eye

As Dusk Sets In

Conclusion: Liberation-To What End?

Notes:

"First published 1977 by Westview Press."

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781000231090

1000231097

9780429312298

0429312296

OCLC:

1109406418