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The hostility that met feminist ideas and gender equality issues in east central Europe (ECE) after the demise of the Communist regimes was accompanied by a notion that feminism was imported to these societies after 1989. In the Czech Republic, the record of the publishing output by feminist scholars in the 1990s, however, speaks against this myth. Drawing on existing scholarship and the author's own research on cultural discourses of gender and on socialist state science policies and censorship, this article argues that there has been a long tradition of gender critique that was present in a variety of discourses even during late state socialism. It proposes that the feminist impulse began in the 19th century and continued in some form throughout the 20th century. It then examines how the myth of the feminist import came to exist and what were the possible sources of the hostility toward feminism in the 1990s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the political aspects of the Czechoslovakian game Ne zlobit se soudruhu (Don't get angry, comrade), which satirically recounts the career of a typical Communist Party politician. Topics include the presence of Soviet Union troops in Czechoslovakia, the scarcity of consumer goods, and the payment of bribes to Party officials.

The paper deals with the religious situation in Czechoslovakia in the 1960's and the possible applications of council changes within the so-called Prague Spring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A case study is presented that examines press and media censorship in Czechoslovakia prior to 1968 and discusses the changes that emerged as a result of the period of political liberalization known as the Prague Spring. The study examines articles written in the journal "Literárni Listy," in order to highlight the nature of journalism prior to and after the Prague Spring.

This paper surveys the Czech cultural appropriation of the North American Indian in a historical perspective, through the three radical changes of the political paradigm: the first Czechoslovak democratic republic (1918-1938), the communist era (1948-1989), and the post-Velvet Revolution present. Although the American Indian was appropriated as a symbolic structure with surprisingly different functions in various social and political contexts, in most cases it figured in the democratic discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the social climate in the sub-Tatran village of Štrba under the Slovak State which existed from 1939 to 1945. It notes that the population of the village was largely Lutheran, it identified with a Slovak state, but took issue with the government as represented by Catholic priest Jozef Tiso. The rejection of anti-Jewish laws and anti-Czech sentiment by the inhabitants is discussed. The article also discusses village life following World War II, noting the continued influence of agricultural life, peasant work, and folk tradition.

The article examines daily life for young people in the Czechoslovakian provinces of Bohemia and Moravia under the Nazi occupation of World War II. Particular focus is given to the work of the Committee for the education of youth which was established in May 1942. It notes that the committee was based on the Nazi paramilitary group, the Hitlerjugend, and that it was responsible for youth activities in the occupied territory. It also suggests that the committee was not successful in its aims of Germanizing the Czech youth, and instruction concerning the contributions of Czech artists, musicians, and writers continued to be presented under the Nazi regime.

The article examines daily life in the Czech province of Moravia during World War II. Particular focus is given to the intervention of the Nazi regime into the administrative affairs of villages in the south-eastern portion of the province. German efforts to modernize villages including Hroznová Lhota and to improve their infrastructure are examined. Agricultural labor and recreational activities including visits to cinemas, public houses, and participation in football clubs are explored. The cultural goals of separatists and collaborators during this era are also discussed.

The article discusses the Czech travelling theatre companies which operated during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia during World War II. A brief history of travelling theatre companies in Czech lands during the early 20th century and a description of their activities including the repertoire, performance locations, and working conditions are presented. Particular focus is given to the work of the East Bohemian company directed by Karel Jičínský, the New Czech Stage company directed by Josef Mareček, and the Central Bohemian Theatre Company directed by Josef Burda as well as to the involvement of Czech theatre workers in resistance activities.

The article offers information on the conference of The New Objectivity in Czechoslovakia? held on May 25, 2017 at the department of art history, faculty of arts, Msaryk University, Czech Republic. It mentions the conference focuses project titled The New Realisms in the Czechoslovak Art Scene 1918–1945, supported by the Czech Science Foundation; modern realisms research in Czechoslovakia's interwar art scene; and methods developed in international research on the New Objectivity.

A bibliography is presented which includes the books "Worlds of Dissent. Charter 77, The Plastic People of the Universe, and Czech Culture Under Communism," by Jonathan Bolton, "Propaganda State in Crisis. Soviet Ideology, Indoctrination, and Terror Under Stalin, 1927-1941," by David Brandenberger and "Creating a Socialist Yugoslavia. Tito, Communist Leadership and the National Question," by Hilde Katrine Haug.