SOCJALISTYCZNE OBYWATELSTWO SEKSUALNE. HOMOSEKSUALNOŚĆ A MĘSKIE „ZBOCZENIA” PŁCIOWE W CZECHOSŁOWACJI
Conceptualizing Socialist Sexual Citizenship. The Case of Male Homosexuality and Male Sexual Deviance in Czechoslovakia

Author(s): Kateřina Lišková
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; homosexuality; sexual deviance; sexology; sexual liberation
Summary/Abstract: This chapter examines how two forms of male sexual non-normativity – homosexuality and sexual deviance – were understood and treated in socialist Czechoslovakia. By analyzing the distinct expert and institutional responses to these phenomena, it reveals the underlying structures that determined their visibility or invisibility across different periods. Drawing on sociological approaches and extensive primary sources, the chapter analyzes how expert knowledge shaped the distinctive trajectory of sexual liberation under socialism.

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