Czech Feminisms : Perspectives on Gender in East Central Europe / edited by Iveta Jusova and Jiřina Šiklová.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Šiklová, Jiřina, 1935- editor.

Jusová, Iveta, 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--Czech Republic.

Sex role.

Women--Czech Republic.

Women.

Feminism--Czech Republic.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2016.

Summary:

As the economic orthodoxy of the European Union threatens to occlude relevant stories of the different national communities comprising the Eurozone, this book contributes to the understanding of the diverse origins from which something like a European community arises.

Contents:

Cover

CZECH FEMINISMS

Title

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity Issues in the Czech Culture: Past and Present

PART 1: GENDER ISSUES IN CZECH SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1989

1 Situating Czech Identity: Postcolonial Theory and "the European Dividend"

2 The Importance of Being Nationalist

3 The Czech 1930s through Toyen

4 Women as the Object and Subject of the Socialist Form of Women's Emancipation

5 Women's Memory: Searching for Identity under Socialism

PART 2: GENDER ISSUES IN CZECH SOCIETY POST-1989

6 Contested Feminism: The East/West Feminist Encounters in the 1990s

7 Czech Women's NGOs: Women's Voices and Claims in the Public Sphere

8 Czech Anarchofeminism: Against Hierarchy and Privileges

9 Aspects of Sex and Gender in Romany Communities in the Czech Republic

10 The Lives of Vietnamese Women in the Czech Republic

11 Sex Work, Migration, and Law: La Strada and Human Trafficking in the Czech Republic

12 Idle Ally: The LGBT Community in the Czech Republic

13 Condemned to Rule: Masculine Domination and Hegemonic Masculinities of Doctors in Czech Maternity Wards

14 Some Issues and Challenges Faced by Elderly and Retired Women in the Czech Republic

15 The East Side Story of (Gendered) Art: Framing Gender in Czech and Slovak Contemporary Art

16 Typological Differences between Languages as an Argument against Gender-Fair Language Use?

Bibliography

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-253-02193-6

OCLC:

964537682