This book analyzes the impact of abusive regimes of power on women’s lives and on their self-expression through close readings of life writing by women in com

Longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize, this poignant, lyrical novel is set in 1970s Romania during Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s regime—and depic

Focusing on youth, family, work, and consumption, Ambiguous Transitions analyzes the interplay between gender and citizenship postwar Romania. By juxtaposing of

2014 marked the 25th anniversary of the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. The events of 1989 are widely seen as having ushered in new all-encompa

This volume explores the different mechanisms and forms of expression used by women to come to terms with the past, focusing on the variety and complexity of wo