Věra Sokolová: Queer Encounters with Communist Power. Non-Heterosexual Lives and the State in Czechoslovakia, 1948–1989
Věra Sokolová: Queer Encounters with Communist Power. Non-Heterosexual Lives and the State in Czechoslovakia, 1948–1989

Summary/Abstract: The author reviews the monograph by Czech scholar Věra Sokolová, which employs a rigorous academic approach to examine the life chances, experiences, and social agency of non-heterosexual individuals during the decades of Czechoslovak state socialism. The reviewed volume is built upon a solid empirical foundation, analyzing oral history interviews and the discourse of contemporary medical and sexological literature.

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