Sexual Liberation, Socialist Style - Communist Czechoslovakia and the Science of Desire, 1945-1989

Eastern Eurpoe in the Cold War enjoyed its sexual liberation. In Czechoslovakia, this liberation came from above, mediated by experts.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Sweeping changes in sexuality across East Central Europe; 2. The public family: collectivized equality in the long 1950s; 3. The female orgasm: from treating infertility to managing pleasure; 4. The privatized family: atomized hierarchy during Normalization; 5. Male deviance: now you see them, now you don't; Conclusion; Primary sources; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Kateřina Lišková teaches gender studies and sociology at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, and works as a Fellow at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. In the past, she was affiliated with Columbia University and the New School for Social Research.

Summary

This is the first account of sexual liberation in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Analyzing rich archival sources covering forty years of state socialism, it shows how sexologists and other experts advised the state on population development, marriage and the family to shape the most intimate aspects of people's lives.

Product details

• Authors: Kate¿ina Li¿ková, Kate?ina Liková, Kate& Liskova, Katerina Liskova, Katerina (Masarykova Univerzita V Brne Liskova, Katerina LiSková, Kateřina Lišková
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781108424691
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42469-1
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; Sociology, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Sociology: sexual relations, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Marxism & Communism