Description
Book SynopsisTo survive Totalitarianism and retain their humanity, Czech women writers went underground to write, paint, sculpt, and create supportive communities. This book explores fiction, poetry, and life-sustaining activities of Eva Švankmajerová, “Mother of Czech Surrealism,” and Eda Kriseová, journalist, fiction writer, essayist, and activist who served in President Václav Havel’s first Cabinet, among other Czech women who wrote and engaged in dissent during the years when Czechoslovakia ached under Soviet rule.
Women’s Artistic Dissent: Repelling Totalitarianism in pre-1989 Czechoslovakia highlights and unearths the work of women that is often undervalued and unacknowledged. Flanagan and Waisserová carefully detail the variety of ways in which women resisted through literature and ecological activities, shedding new light on the ways in which individuals and communities can retain their humanity even as they resist and repel dictatorial regimes in their countries.
Table of ContentsDedication
List of Illustration and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Exegeses
Chapter 2: Eva Švankmajerová: Surrealist. Dissident
Chapter 3: Eda Kriseová: Art of Living. Art of Dissent.
Chapter 4: Dissent in Women’s Voices
Bibliography
About the Authors
