Women's Movements

Networks and Debates in post-communist Countries in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Edited by Edith Saurer, Margareth Lanzinger and Elisabeth Frysak.

34 contributions, structured by four subject areas: 1. Outcomes and Situations after 1989; 2. Gender Policies and Images of Women in Socialism; 3. Women's Movements; 4. Issues in Women's and Gender History - paradigms. The volume begins by taking stock of women’s movements and their location following the fall of communism. The authors address a broad range of subjects including gender-specific implications of social politics, feminist positioning and increasingly virulent forms of nationalism. They discuss the "body" and "sexuality" against the background of their own political and academic traditions. Retrospective historical views focus on the images of women and concepts of roles from the era of socialism and "state feminism" as well as on women’s movements, politically active women and networks in individual countries in Central, East and South Europe from the beginning of the 18th century. The volume concludes with essays on legal and social contexts. 587 Seiten mit 15 Abb., broschiert (L'Homme Schriften; Band 13/Böhlau Verlag 2006) leichte Lagerspuren/near mint