{"product_id":"the-journalism-of-milena-jesenska-a-critical-voice-in-interwar-central-europe-9781571815606","title":"The Journalism of Milena Jesenská: A Critical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tMilena Jesenská, born in Prague in 1896, is most famous as one of Franz Kafka's great loves. Although their relationship lasted only a short time, it won the attention of the literary world with the 1952 publication of Kafka's letters to Milena. Her own letters did not survive. Later biographies showed her as a fascinating personality in her own right. In the Czech Republic, she is remembered as one of the most prominent journalists of the interwar period and as a brave one: in 1939 she was arrested for her work in the resistance after the German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia, and died in Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIt is estimated that Jesenská wrote well over 1,000 articles but only a handful have been translated into English. In this book her own writings provide a new perspective on her personality, as well as the changes in Central Europe between the two world wars as these were perceived by a woman of letters. The articles in this volume cover a wide range of topics, including her perceptions of Kafka, her understanding of social and cultural changes during this period, the threat of Nazism, and the plight of the Jews in the 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Jesenská’s essays offer firsthand observations on a society that was slowly imploding between the years 1920 and 1939 [and] will certainly encourage lively classroom debates (especially in women’s studies, political science and history courses) concerning politics, the condition of women, and social problems of yesterday and today.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Slavic and East European Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tA Note on the Text\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIllustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eI. Articles from Tribuna, 1920–1922\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tWhat People Eat in Vienna\u003cbr\u003e \tThe New Big-City Type\u003cbr\u003e \tBathing Costumes\u003cbr\u003e \tThe New Big-City Type II\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Café\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Letters of Eminent People\u003cbr\u003e \tShop-Windows\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Household and Overalls\u003cbr\u003e \tDance over the Abyss\u003cbr\u003e \tChildren\u003cbr\u003e \tMy Friend\u003cbr\u003e \tMysterious Redemption\u003cbr\u003e \tMelancholy in the Rain\u003cbr\u003e \tSuperficial Small Talk about a Serious Subject\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eII. Articles from Národní listy and Lidové noviny, 1922–1929\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tOn the Psychology of the New Society\u003cbr\u003e \tDevil at the Hearth\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Bath, the Body and Elegance\u003cbr\u003e \tA Few Old-Fashioned Comments About Women’s Emancipation\u003cbr\u003e \tA Theme that has Nothing to do with Fashion\u003cbr\u003e \tA Beautiful Woman\u003cbr\u003e \tFrom One Person to Another\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Curse of Outstanding Qualities\u003cbr\u003e \tFor Whom Do We Write About Fashion in the Newspapers?\u003cbr\u003e \tBaby\u003cbr\u003e \tA Cry for Independence\u003cbr\u003e \tCivilised Woman?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIII. Articles from Pˇrítomnost, 1938–1939\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tJudge Lynch in Europe\u003cbr\u003e \tThere will be no \u003cem\u003eAnschluss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tHundreds of Thousands Looking for No-Man’s-Land\u003cbr\u003e \tBeyond Our Strength\u003cbr\u003e \tWhat Remains of the Communist Party?\u003cbr\u003e \tMarried Women out of Work\u003cbr\u003e \tIn No-Man’s-Land\u003cbr\u003e \tGood Advice is Better than Gold\u003cbr\u003e \tPrague, the Morning of 15 March 1939\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Art of Standing Still\u003cbr\u003e \tAm I, First and Foremost, Czech?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSoldaten wohnen auf den Kanonen…\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041423851863,"sku":"9781571815606","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571815606.jpg?v=1750950219","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-journalism-of-milena-jesenska-a-critical-voice-in-interwar-central-europe-9781571815606","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}