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Women's Artistic Dissent

Repelling Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia
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To survive Totalitarianism and retain their humanity, Czech women writers went underground to write, paint, sculpt, and create supportive communities. This book explores fiction, poetry, and life-sustaining activities of Eva Svankmajerova, "Mother of Czech Surrealism," and Eda Kriseova, journalist, fiction writer, essayist, and activist who served in President Vaclav Havel's first Cabinet, among other Czech women who wrote and engaged in dissent during the years when Czechoslovakia ached under Soviet rule. Women's Artistic Dissent: Repelling Totalitarianism in pre-1989 Czechoslovakia highlights and unearths the work of women that is often undervalued and unacknowledged. Flanagan and Waisserova carefully detail the variety of ways in which women resisted through literature and ecological activities, shedding new light on the ways in which individuals and communities can retain their humanity even as they resist and repel dictatorial regimes in their countries.
Brenda Flanagan is Edward M. Armfield Professor of English at Davidson College. Hana Waisserova is associate professor of practice of Czech studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dedication List of Illustration and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Exegeses Chapter 2: Eva Svankmajerova: Surrealist. Dissident Chapter 3: Eda Kriseova: Art of Living. Art of Dissent. Chapter 4: Dissent in Women's Voices Bibliography About the Authors
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