Womens Artistic Dissent - Repelling Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia

This book explores the creative work and dissent activities of Czech surrealist Eva Švankmajerová and writer Eda Kriseová, examining the ways in which the women wrote, painted, sculpted, and supported each other while struggling to survive the totalitarian communist regime from the late 1960s to the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989.

Sommario

Dedication
List of Illustration and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Exegeses
Chapter 2: Eva Švankmajerová: Surrealist. Dissident
Chapter 3: Eda Kriseová: Art of Living. Art of Dissent.
Chapter 4: Dissent in Women's Voices
Bibliography
About the Authors

Info autore

By Brenda A. Flanagan and Hana Waisserová

Riassunto

This book explores the creative work and dissent activities of Czech surrealist Eva Švankmajerová and writer Eda Kriseová, examining the ways in which the women wrote, painted, sculpted, and supported each other while struggling to survive the totalitarian communist regime from the late 1960s to the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Brenda A. Flanagan, Brenda A. Waisserova Flanagan, Hana Waisserova, Hana Waisserová
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781666904727
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-472-7
• Pagine: 278
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, ART / Women Artists, Literature: history & criticism, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, Individual artists, art monographs, Gender studies: women & girls