Queer Encounters with Communist Power Non-Heterosexual Lives and the State in Czechoslovakia, 1948-1989.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sokolová, Věra
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Prague : Karolinum Press, 2022.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Prologue
  • Argument
  • Terminology
  • Structure
  • Chapter 2: Why Sexuality?
  • Sexuality in Historical Scholarship
  • Sexuality in the Study of Women and Gendercin Eastern Europe
  • The Queer Oral History Project
  • Power and Agency in Authoritarian Societies
  • Chapter 3: Institutional Approaches to Non-Heterosexuality
  • Legal Framework of Homosexuality
  • From Cure to Care: Czechoslovak Sexology in its Historical Context
  • Beyond the Hetero-Homo Duality: Sexological Attention to Transsexuality
  • Gender Stereotypes in Czechoslovak Sexology
  • Marital Adaptation Therapy: Homosexuality and Marriage
  • Chapter 4: Searching for Identity
  • Growing up Queer
  • Children and Youth in Communist Ideology
  • Gender Animosity in Female Narratives
  • Searching for Queer Reference Points
  • Chapter 5: The Subversive Potential of Everyday Lives
  • Proper Gender as Camouflage for Improper Sexuality
  • Challenging Myths about Female Sexuality
  • Same-Sex Personal Ads - Reading between the Lines
  • Queer Family Constellations
  • Queer Solidarity
  • Chapter 6: Queer Confrontations with the State
  • The Hungarian Working Class Was Right to Revolt
  • "A Whore among Pigs"
  • Dear Comrades...
  • Chapter 7: Epilogue
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
  • Oral History / Biographical Interviews (2009-2018)
  • Archives, Libraries, Database Collections
  • Printed Media Sources from the Socialist Era
  • Primary Sources
  • Secondary Sources
  • Index