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Queer Encounters with Communist Power
How did the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia approach non-heterosexuality? How did young girls and boys come to realize their queer desires and identities within a state known for repressing individuality? What did they do with that self-awareness—and later on, as adults, what strategies did they employ in their everyday dealings with a state that defined homosexuality as a medical diagnosis? Queer Encounters with Communist Power answers these questions as it interweaves groundbreaking queer oral history with meticulous archival research into the discourses on homosexuality and transsexuality in Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1989.
Sociolegal Control of Homosexuality
Despite the gains made by gay rights movements throughout the world, there are still areas in which homosexuals and their relationships are targeted as immoral and criminal. Sociolegal Control of Homosexuality, a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of governmental and religious reaction to issues of sexual orientation in regions - such as Asia and the Middle East - not often covered in English language publications, includes: a sampling of international legislation, both proscriptive and liberal the effects of fundamentalist religious movements new scientific information concerning the origin of sexual orientation, and much more! £/LIST£
The Politics of Gender Culture under State Socialism
Though there has been much research on the incomplete emancipation project of state socialism in East and Central Europe, very little has been published on how the state and its institutions conceived of gender as a concept. This book seeks to understand if and how this conceptualization developed in the second half of the twentieth century, and what impact it had on everyday life and on culture. This study moves beyond the dichotomous gender perspectives and towards a nuanced understanding of the diverse discursive negotiations, agendas, actors and agency involved in state-socialist gender practices. Including a detailed case study on Czechoslovakia, contributors explore these issues in a s...
The Specifics of communication in relation to sexuality I. Helping Professions in Relation to Sexuality, Including Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
This monograph includes sets of information leadin to greater accountability for one´s sexual health and ultimately to safe and responsible sexual behaviour through which people can fulfil their sexual needs in an acceptable manner. The textbook focuses on abuse, including the abuse of persons with intelectual disabilities and the neglected topics of taking specific approaches towards addicted persons. Attention is dedicated to the issues surrounding helping profession and helping professionals, attitudes and sexuality in the context of education and curricula at the state and school levels. It also describes the specific approaches taken towards persons with intellectual disabilities.
Coming Out of Communism
How homophobic backlash unexpectedly strengthened mobilization for LGBT political rights in post-communist Europe While LGBT activism has increased worldwide, there has been strong backlash against LGBT people in Eastern Europe. Although Russia is the most prominent anti-gay regime in the region, LGBT individuals in other post-communist countries also suffer from discriminatory laws and prejudiced social institutions. Combining an historical overview with interviews and case studies in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, Conor O’Dwyer analyzes the development and impact of LGBT movements in post-communist Eastern and Central Europe. O’Dwyer argues that backlash ag...
Over the Wall/After the Fall
"... a hot subject in today's scholarship... and a groundbreaking project of vital significance to the field of cultural studies at both 'western' and 'eastern' geographical locations." -- Elwira Grossman Over the Wall/After the Fall maps a new discourse on the evolution of cultural life in Eastern Europe following the end of communism. Departing from traditional binary views of East/West, the contributors to this volume consider the countries and the peoples of the region on their own terms. Drawing on insights from cultural studies, gender theory, and postcolonial studies, this lively collection addresses gender issues and sexual politics, consumerism, high and popular culture, architecture, media, art, and theater. Among the themes of the essays are the Western pop success of Bulgarian folk choirs, the Czechs' reception of Frank Gehry's unconventional building in the center of Prague, bohemians in Lviv, and cryptographic art installations from Bratislava.
Nonbinary Gender Identities: Linguistic Practices in Russian and Czech
How do Russian and Czech nonbinary people use language to construct their identity? This question has hardly been addressed so far, so this volume describes and analyzes the identity-driven linguistic variation of Russian and Czech nonbinary speakers. If a linguistic feature indexes the gender binary in the standard variety, then a nonbinary speaker – who desires to express their gender identity – in interaction employs an alternative that lacks this feature to perform and thus linguistically construct nonbinary identity. This hypothesis is investigated using a triangulation of quantitative and qualitative methods, banking on data from corpora and surveys. Among the most relevant practices that have emerged are the overt introduction of gender identity labels as well as pronouns and/or chosen agreement patterns into discourse, the alternation of gender agreement patterns, and the use of plural endings with singular meaning.
History Of Aids
The young were once considered relatively safe from HIV/AIDS. Today, more than half of all new infections strike people under the age of 25. Girls are hit harder and younger than boys. Infant and child death rates have risen sharply, and 14 million children are now orphans because of the disease. The world's two billion children and adolescents are at the center of the HIV/AIDS crisis. And yet they are the ones who offer the greatest hope for defeating the epidemic.
Transsexualita a jiné poruchy pohlavní identity
Transsexualita v posledních letech vzbuzuje čím dál tím víc pozornost odborníků nejrůznějších oborů, laické veřejnosti i médií. Spolu se vzrůstajícím zájmem o tuto problematiku narůstá i nutnost lépe pochopit jedince s poruchou pohlavní identity. Jak se transsexualita projevuje? Jak je možné transsexualním jedincům pomoci? Co vše obnáší léčba? Na tyto a podobné otázky odpovídá ojedinělá monografie "Transsexualita a jiné poruchy pohlavní identityy", která vznikla díky jedinečné spolupráci našich i zahraničních odborníků. Kniha dostala cenu prof. MUDr. Josefa Hynieho, kterou uděluje Sex. společnosti ČLSJEP. Kniha se stala nejlepší odbornou publikaci v oboru sexuologie v r. 2008.
