Cover
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Prologue
Argument
Terminology
Structure
Chapter 2: Why Sexuality?
Sexuality in Historical Scholarship
Sexuality in the Study of Women and Gendercin Eastern Europe
The Queer Oral History Project
Power and Agency in Authoritarian Societies
Chapter 3: Institutional Approaches to Non-Heterosexuality
Legal Framework of Homosexuality
From Cure to Care: Czechoslovak Sexology in its Historical Context
Beyond the Hetero-Homo Duality: Sexological Attention to Transsexuality
Gender Stereotypes in Czechoslovak Sexology
Marital Adaptation Therapy: Homosexuality and Marriage
Chapter 4: Searching for Identity
Growing up Queer
Children and Youth in Communist Ideology
Gender Animosity in Female Narratives
Searching for Queer Reference Points
Chapter 5: The Subversive Potential of Everyday Lives
Proper Gender as Camouflage for Improper Sexuality
Challenging Myths about Female Sexuality
Same-Sex Personal Ads - Reading between the Lines
Queer Family Constellations
Queer Solidarity
Chapter 6: Queer Confrontations with the State
The Hungarian Working Class Was Right to Revolt
"A Whore among Pigs"
Dear Comrades…
Chapter 7: Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Oral History / Biographical Interviews (2009-2018)
Archives, Libraries, Database Collections
Printed Media Sources from the Socialist Era
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index.