Post-communism and the body politic / edited by Ellen E. Berry.

Other author Berry, Ellen E.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©1995.
Descriptionvi, 320 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Sex role--Europe, Eastern.
Sex role--Former Soviet republics.
Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.
Post-communism--Former Soviet republics.
Women--Europe, Eastern.
Women--Former Soviet republics.
Feminism--Europe, Eastern.
Feminism--Former Soviet republics.

SeriesGenders ; 22
Genders ; 22. ^A360453
Contents Bug inspectors and beauty queens : the problems of translating feminism into Russian -- Engendering the Russian body politic -- Women in Yugoslavia -- Traditions of patriotism, questions of gender : the case of Poland -- Sex, subjectivity, and socialism : feminist discourses in East Germany -- Deciphering the body of memory : writing by former East German women writers -- New members and organs : the politics of porn -- Sex in the media and the birth of the sex media in Russia -- The underground closet : political and sexual dissidence in East European culture -- Ivan Soloviev's reflections on Eros -- Russian women writing alcoholism : the sixties to the present -- Gendering cinema in postcommunist Hungary.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN0814712479 (cloth)
ISBN0814712487 (pbk)