Translating and Reading The Second Sex in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s

PICHOVÁ, Dagmar. Translating and Reading The Second Sex in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. Simone de Beauvoir Studies. Brill, 2021, vol. 31, No 2, p. 231-253. ISSN 1063-2042. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25897616-bja10010.

Basic information

• Original name: Translating and Reading The Second Sex in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s
• Name in Czech: Překlad a recepce Druhého pohlaví v Československu šedesátých let.
• Authors: PICHOVÁ, Dagmar (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Simone de Beauvoir Studies, Brill, 2021, 1063-2042.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 60301 Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
• Country of publisher: Netherlands
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/21:00119437
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25897616-bja10010
• Keywords (in Czech): Beauvoir; recepce; Československo
• Keywords in English: Beauvoir; Reception; Czechoslovakia
• Tags: rivok, topvydavatel
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The Czech translation of selected parts of The Second Sex was published in 1966. The Slovak translation, published in 1967, was nearly the complete text. Attitudes toward Beauvoir’s feminism can be observed in two Czech academic journals (Sociologický časopis [Czech sociological review] and Filosofický časopis [Philosophical review]) and in a debate in Literární noviny (Literary review). The author focuses on the context of both translations and describes the reactions to the Czech translation both in the academy and by the general public.

Links

• GA17-06697S, research and development project: Name: Ženy v české filozofii a vědě

Investor: Czech Science Foundation