communist Czechoslovakia and the science of desire, 1945-1989
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Liskova, Katerina
- Publish Year
- 2018
- Shelfmark
- M EUR 3 2018 - B
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, abortussen, homoseksualiteit, gelijke behandeling, communisme, socialisme, historisch, Tsjechoslowakije, 1940-1949, 1950-1999, 20e eeuw
- Description
- This publication shows how, in the case of Czechoslovakia, important aspects of sexuality were already liberated during the 1950s, (e.g. abortion was legalized, homosexuality decriminalized, the female orgasm came into experts' focus) in the context of gender equality. However, with the coming of Normalization, gender discourses reversed and women were to aspire to be caring mothers and docile wives.