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Author Sokolova, Vera, 1970- author.

Title Queer encounters with Communist power : non -heterosexual lives and the state in Czechoslovakia, 1948-1989 / Věra Sokolová.

Publication Info. Prague, Czech Republic : Karolinum Press, [2021]
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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (242 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-240) and index.
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.
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Subject Sexual minorities -- Czech Republic.
Sexual minorities.
Czech Republic.
Socialism and homosexuality -- Czech Republic.
Socialism and homosexuality.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject LGBTQ+ people.
Sexual minorities.
Other Form: Print version: Sokolova, Vera, 1970- Queer encounters with Communist power. Prague, Czech Republic : Karolinum Press, [2021] 8024642662 (OCoLC)1090174186
ISBN 9788024643229 (electronic book)
8024643227 (electronic book)
9788024642666