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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity Issues in the Czech Culture: Past and Present / Iveta Jusová
Part 1: Gender Issues in Czech Society Prior to 1989
1. Situating Czech Identity: Postcolonial Theory and "the European Dividend" / Iveta Jusová
2. The Importance of Being Nationalist / Jitka Malečková
3. The Czech 1930s through Toyen / Karla Huebner
4. Women as the Object and Subject of the Socialist Form of Women's Emancipation / Alena Wagnerová
5. Women's Memory: Searching for Identity under Socialism / Pavla Frýdlová
Part 2: Gender Issues in Czech Society Post-1989
6. Contested Feminism: The East/West Feminist Encounters in the 1990s / Simona Fojtová
7. Czech Women's NGOs: Women's Voices and Claims in the Public Sphere / Hana Hašková and Zuzana Uhde
8. Czech Anarchofeminism: Against Hierarchy and Privileges / Linda Sokačová
9. Aspects of Sex and Gender in Romany Communities in the Czech Republic / Karolína Ryvolová
10. The Lives of Vietnamese Women in the Czech Republic / Mária Strašáková
11. Sex Work, Migration, and Law: La Strada and Human Trafficking in the Czech Republic / Simona Fojtová
12. Idle Ally: LGBT Community in the Czech Republic / Kateřina Nedbálková
13. Condemned to Rule: Masculine Domination and Hegemonic Masculinities of Doctors in Czech Maternity Wards / Iva Šmídová
14. Some Issues and Challenges Faced by Elderly and Retired Women in the Czech Republic / Jiřina Šiklová
15. The East Side Story of (Gendered) Art: Framing Gender in Czech and Slovak Contemporary Art / Zuzana Štefková
16. Typological Differences Between Languages as an Argument Against Gender-Fair Language Use? / Jana Valdrová
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index

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    Publisher: Indiana University Press
    Publication Date: 26/09/2016
    ISBN13: 9780253021915, 978-0253021915
    ISBN10: 025302191X
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    Gender studies, gender groups Gender studies: transgender people

    Description

    Book Synopsis


    Trade Review

    Essential.

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    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments
    Introduction: Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity Issues in the Czech Culture: Past and Present / Iveta Jusová
    Part 1: Gender Issues in Czech Society Prior to 1989
    1. Situating Czech Identity: Postcolonial Theory and "the European Dividend" / Iveta Jusová
    2. The Importance of Being Nationalist / Jitka Malečková
    3. The Czech 1930s through Toyen / Karla Huebner
    4. Women as the Object and Subject of the Socialist Form of Women's Emancipation / Alena Wagnerová
    5. Women's Memory: Searching for Identity under Socialism / Pavla Frýdlová
    Part 2: Gender Issues in Czech Society Post-1989
    6. Contested Feminism: The East/West Feminist Encounters in the 1990s / Simona Fojtová
    7. Czech Women's NGOs: Women's Voices and Claims in the Public Sphere / Hana Hašková and Zuzana Uhde
    8. Czech Anarchofeminism: Against Hierarchy and Privileges / Linda Sokačová
    9. Aspects of Sex and Gender in Romany Communities in the Czech Republic / Karolína Ryvolová
    10. The Lives of Vietnamese Women in the Czech Republic / Mária Strašáková
    11. Sex Work, Migration, and Law: La Strada and Human Trafficking in the Czech Republic / Simona Fojtová
    12. Idle Ally: LGBT Community in the Czech Republic / Kateřina Nedbálková
    13. Condemned to Rule: Masculine Domination and Hegemonic Masculinities of Doctors in Czech Maternity Wards / Iva Šmídová
    14. Some Issues and Challenges Faced by Elderly and Retired Women in the Czech Republic / Jiřina Šiklová
    15. The East Side Story of (Gendered) Art: Framing Gender in Czech and Slovak Contemporary Art / Zuzana Štefková
    16. Typological Differences Between Languages as an Argument Against Gender-Fair Language Use? / Jana Valdrová
    Bibliography
    List of Contributors
    Index

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