Josette Baer

Seven Czech Women (eBook, ePUB)

Portaits of Courage, Humanism, and Enlightenment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This engaging and insightful book is the first historical study in English portraying the lives and fates of Czech women. The seven life stories, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day, expose the often cruel political history of Bohemia (19th century), the Czech lands in Czechoslovakia (20th century), and the Czech Republic (20th-21st century) through the eyes of prominent women whose acts and deeds on behalf of their fellow citizens remain unforgotten in the Czech collective mind. The three chapters and four oral history interviews offer a captivating insight into how the situation of Czech women in society has changed during a most eventful period of history.

This book was preceded by a volume on Slovak women. The two volumes are separate entities in their own right, but together provide the reader with a comprehensive picture of women's lives in the Czech lands and Slovakia, stressing the distinct political circumstances Czech and Slovak women have faced in recent history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ibidem
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783838267104
• Artikelnr.: 49060070

Autorenporträt

Josette Baer. Foreword by Karel Boruvka

Rezensionen

"Baer combines biographical narrative with interviews to present a compelling picture of seven Czech women whose outstanding commitment to the nation helped shape modern Czech history. Uncomplicated, straight-forward, and informal, her work is accessible to scholars, students, and the general public and provides readers with a glimpse of Czech society that they will not get elsewhere."?Dr. Daniel E. Miller, University of West Florida, Pensacola