Böcker av Alena Heitlinger

This book is about the lives of young 'ordinary' Czech women who came of age in the aftermath of the 1989 Velvet Revolution.

Examines identity formation among a generation of Czech and Slovak Jews who grew up under communism, coming of age during the de-Stalinization period of 1962-68. This book shows how history, generational, and individual biography intertwine in the formation of ethnic identity and its ambiguities.