Gender and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe

ISBN-13: 9780714680873 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 152 str.

Chris Corrin

Opis

This collection highlights elements of the decade of changes in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989 from the perspectives of gender and identity. Resistance to the negative consequences of certain changes for various groups in society demonstrate that women's activities have played a large part in securing democratic developments in various countries. From participation in politics in Slovenia to an exploration of the shifting boundaries of gender and sexuality in youth cultural discourse in Russia, focus is on the importance of considerations of gender analysis in thinking through the ways in which change is engendered.

Recenzje

'Corrin's collection fills a gap in the existing research of the forces that stand in the way of democratisation in Central and Eastern Europe, pointing out that the participation of all members of society on an equal footing is a basic human right.' - Millennium

'Overall this is a handy volume, useful for its theoretical information and for the theoretical questions it raises ... informative and thought-provoking.' - Europe-Asia Studies

'Honest and poignant ... a welcome addition to the now prodigious literature on women in postsocialist societies and to the new generation of scholarship.' - Slavic Review

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Gender and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe, Chris Corrin; Chapter 2 Slovene Political Parties and Their Influence on the Electoral Prospects of Women, Milica Anti? Gaber; Chapter 3 Women's Groups: The Albanian Case, Delina Fico; Chapter 4 Violence Against Women: International Standards, Polish Reality, Urszula Nowakowska; Chapter 5 Rethinking Citizenship: Analyses and Activism in Central and Eastern Europe, Chris Corrin; Chapter 6 Re-imaging Bulgarian Women: The Marxist Legacy and Women's Self-Identity, Tatyana Kotzeva; Chapter 7 New Dimensions of the Sexual Universe: Sexual Discourses in Russian Youth Magazines, Elena Omel'chenko;

O autorze

Chris Corrin