Women And Socialism: Experiences From Eastern Europe
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
A pioneering work in feminist political analysis, Women and Socialism: Experiences from Eastern Europe argues that the promise of socialist liberation for women remained largely unfulfilled behind the Iron Curtain. Drawing on extensive research and first-hand accounts from Czechoslovakia and other Eastern Bloc nations, Hilda Scott chronicles the gap between socialist ideology — which formally proclaimed women's equality — and the lived reality of double burdens, wage inequality, and persistent domestic expectations. Written with sharp analytical clarity, the work presents a rigorous critique of how centrally planned economies subordinated women's emancipation to economic productivity goals. A landmark text in the intersection of feminist theory and Cold War politics, it remains an essential reference for understanding gender dynamics under twentieth-century socialism.
Author: Hilda Scott
Format: Paperback
Published: 1974, Allison & Busby (Motive imprint)
Genre: Gender studies
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
A pioneering work in feminist political analysis, Women and Socialism: Experiences from Eastern Europe argues that the promise of socialist liberation for women remained largely unfulfilled behind the Iron Curtain. Drawing on extensive research and first-hand accounts from Czechoslovakia and other Eastern Bloc nations, Hilda Scott chronicles the gap between socialist ideology — which formally proclaimed women's equality — and the lived reality of double burdens, wage inequality, and persistent domestic expectations. Written with sharp analytical clarity, the work presents a rigorous critique of how centrally planned economies subordinated women's emancipation to economic productivity goals. A landmark text in the intersection of feminist theory and Cold War politics, it remains an essential reference for understanding gender dynamics under twentieth-century socialism.