The bohemian body

    The Bohemian Body: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Czech Culture (Hardcover)  

  by Alfred Thomas

"Thomas's book is remarkable for its scope and intellectual coherence. He notes that the oscillation between the parochial concerns of a small nation under threat of cultural extinction, and a cosmopolitan impulse that is no less powerful, is evident in Czech literary scholarship. The Bohemian Body's novel point of view is bound to stimulate discussion across the field of Czech literary criticism." - Maria Nemcova Banerjee, Smith College, author of Terminal Paradox: The Novels of Milan Kundera "Through a series of careful readings of modern Czech-language literature and film, Thomas deploys gender analysis to reveal a consistent interplay within the texts between the personal and the political, as well as between local and European identities. Wary of strict categorizations, he celebrates complexity and plurality. Engagingly written and well-argued, The Bohemian Body will challenge historians and literary critics alike to rethink how we interpret Czech works of art." - Chad Bryant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"

 

      

Review

   

“Thomas’s book is remarkable for its scope and intellectual coherence. He notes that the oscillation between the parochial concerns of a small nation under threat of cultural extinction and a cosmopolitan impulse, that is no less powerful, is evident in Czech literary scholarship. The Bohemian Body’s novel point of view is bound to stimulate discussion across the field of Czech literary criticism.”—Maria Nemcová Banerjee, Smith College, author of Terminal Paradox: The Novels of Milan Kundera

“Through a series of careful readings of modern Czech-language literature and film, Thomas deploys gender analysis to reveal a consistent interplay within the texts between the personal and the political, as well as between local and European identities. Wary of strict categorizations, he celebrates complexity and plurality. Engagingly written and well-argued, The Bohemian Body will challenge historians and literary critics alike to rethink how we interpret Czech works of art.”­—Chad Bryant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Hardcover: 284 pages
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press; 1 edition (June 2007)
• Language: English