Gender Politics and Everyday Life in State Socialist Eastern and Central Europe

by Shana Penn (Editor), J. Massino (Editor)

This book showcases extensive research on gender under state socialism, examining the subject in terms of state policy and law; sexuality and reproduction; the academy; leisure; the private sphere; the work world; opposition activism; and memory and identity.

303 pages, Paperback

First published July 21, 2009

Reviews

[Kb]

It's a good introduction to where gender studies during socialism stood at the time it was published. I should probably delve more into the bibliography and see if any of the very brief essays have been fleshed out elsewhere.