Genders 22 Postcommunism and the Body Politic

The epidemic of mass rape in the former Yugoslavia has illustrated once again, and in particularly brutal fashion, the inextricable relationship between national politics, sexual politics, and body politics. The nexus of these three forces is highly charged in any culture, at any time in history, bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berry, Ellen E., author (author)
Other Authors: Berry, Ellen E. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : University Press 1995.
Series:Genders ; 22.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430350706719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Bug Inspectors and Beauty Queens: The Problems of Translating Feminism into Russian
  • 2. Engendering the Russian Body Politic
  • 3. Women in Yugoslavia
  • 4. Traditions of Patriotism, Questions of Gender: The Case of Poland
  • 5. Sex, Subjectivity, and Socialism: Feminist Discourses in East Germany
  • 6. Deciphering the Body of Memory: Writing by Former East German Women Writers
  • 7. New Members and Organs: The Politics of Porn
  • 8. Sex in the Media and the Birth of the Sex Media in Russia
  • 9. The Underground Closet: Political and Sexual Dissidence in East European Culture
  • 10. Ivan Soloviev's Reflections on Eros
  • 11. Russian Women Writing Alcoholism: The Sixties to the Present
  • 12. Gendering Cinema in Postcommunist Hungary
  • Contributors
  • Guidelines for Prospective Contributors