Czech Feminisms

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