Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia

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Psychology Press, 2005 - Broj stranica: 410

Important new findings on sex and gender in the former Soviet Bloc!

Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia is a groundbreaking look at the new sexual reality in Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe after the fall of communism. The book presents the kind of candid discussion of sexual identities, sexual politics, and gender arrangements that was often censored and rarely discussed openly before the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1987. Authors from a variety of disciplines examine how the changes caused by rapid economic and social transformation have affected human sexuality and if those changes can generate the social tolerance necessary to produce a well-rooted democracy.

The first theoretical and empirical body of work to sexuality in (post)transitional countries, Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia examines the effects of the profound social transformation taking place in the former Soviet Union. Through an interdisciplinary perspective, the book addresses vital issues of this transformation, including gender relations, gender roles and sex norms in transition, sexual representations in the media, patterns of adult sexual behavior, gay and lesbian issues, sex trafficking, health risks, and sex education. The book also presents a critical examination of whether the fall of communism has, in fact, induced changes in sexuality and gender relations.

Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia examines the changes in sex and gender in countries in transition, including:

  • the negative consequences of Serbia's state-directed non-development during the 1990s
  • the causes and consequences of trafficking in women from the Russian Federation
  • the ongoing debate over human rights for sexual minorities in Romania
  • the effects of two Yugoslavian films released in the 1990s that feature transgender characters
  • sexualities in transition in Croatia
  • problems created by changes in sexual behavior among urban Russian adolescents
  • the social and legal state of lesbians in Slovenia

Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia fills in the gap in the current knowledge and understanding of the effects of the profound social changes taking place in Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe. The book is an essential read for academics and researchers working in gender studies, political science, and gay and lesbian studies. Handy tables and figures make the information easy to access and understand.

 

Sadržaj

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Gender Inequalities in a Nationalist
29
From Socialism
36
Toward Affirmative Action
44
National Identity
57
Conclusion
74
Facing Obstacles Gaps
102
Sexual Culture and Politics
111
Immigration Fraud Unregulated
238
Research Methods
244
Strengthening Patriarchal Gender Relations
257
The Subjective Meanings of Sex and Sexual
263
How Did It Happen the First Time?
297
First Sexual Intercourse As Gendered Experience
303
Postsocialist Patterns of Adolescent Sexuality?
311
Contradictory Trends in Sexual Life
317

Gender
125
The Social Status of Lesbian Women
149
Some Major Patterns
171
Sexualities and Witch Hunts
177
Representing Sexual
193
Regional Variation in Unemployment
215
Western Glamour and the Sex Industry
223
Russian MailOrder Brides in U S Public
231
Procreational Sexuality
327
113
340
Recreational Sexuality
343
The Social Context of Sexual Health
365
Index
391
115
392
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