Description:
An enlightening and geographically wide-ranging re-examination of family planning in twentieth-century Eastern Europe, Challenging Norms interrogates the correlation between social attitudes to family planning and social, economic, and political modernization. In doing so, this volume highlights how these changes provide invaluable insights into ever-evolving societal norms and values.
Brief description:
Denisa Nesťáková is a research associate at the Herder Institute. Specializing in twentieth-century East Central Europe, the Holocaust, and gender studies, she is currently concluding her post-doctoral project Privileged to be in Hell. Jewish Women in the Sereď Camp which has been supported by the Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies. Her recent publications include her 2023 monograph, Be Fruitful and Multiply. Slovakia's Family Planning under Three Regimes (1918-1965) (Herder Institute).