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Biograf
journal for qualitative research

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Biograf 2019/69

How we were governed by experts: Sexual emancipation and its limits in communist Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Holubec

How we were governed by experts: Sexual emancipation and its limits in communist Czechoslovakia

In his review the author analyzes the structure of Kateřina Lišková's work Sexual Liberation, Socialist Style. Communist Czechoslovakia and the Science of Desire, 1945-1989, its main theses, sources and methods used. He particularly highlights some of the new information and findings af the author. It draws attention to some of its minor shortcomings and rejects her accusation of plagiarism.

Review:

LIŠKOVÁ, K. (2018). Sexual Liberation, Socialist Style. Communist Czechoslovakia and the Science of Desire, 1945-1989. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Biograf themes:

Comunism, socialism and totalitarianism; Social history and oral testimonies; Modernity and postmodernity; Gender, feminism, men's studies

Citation:

HOLUBEC, S. (2019): Jak nám vládli experti: Sexuální emancipace a její limity v komunistickém Československu [How we were governed by experts: Sexual emancipation and its limits in communist Czechoslovakia]. Biograf, 69-70: 147-152. Available at [last access10. 04. 2021]

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