Children of the Enemy or the Future of Socialism? Being a Child of an American Soldier in Socialist Czechoslovakia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://karolinum.cz/casopis/historicka-sociologie/rocnik-15/cislo-1/clanek-11395" target="_blank" >https://karolinum.cz/casopis/historicka-sociologie/rocnik-15/cislo-1/clanek-11395</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23363525.2023.3" target="_blank" >10.14712/23363525.2023.3</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Children of the Enemy or the Future of Socialism? Being a Child of an American Soldier in Socialist Czechoslovakia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

After the US Army liberated Czechoslovakia and consequently left the country at the end of 1945, local women started to give birth to children fathered by American soldiers. As a result of their multifaceted origin these children had to face various challenges in post-war Czechoslovakia. Not only did the perception of their fathers change from liberators to enemies of socialism. Being illegitimate, children of US soldiers also challenged traditional social values. In the case of mixed-race children, their different physical characteristics (e. g. skin color) could make them targets to manifestations of racism in Czechoslovak society. Based on an analysis of available archival sources, this study asks whether there was a specific state policy towards children of American soldiers. Furthermore, with the help of oral history interviews the study also exam- ines the impact the various aspects of these children?s origin had on their everyday life.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Children of the Enemy or the Future of Socialism? Being a Child of an American Soldier in Socialist Czechoslovakia

Popis výsledku anglicky

After the US Army liberated Czechoslovakia and consequently left the country at the end of 1945, local women started to give birth to children fathered by American soldiers. As a result of their multifaceted origin these children had to face various challenges in post-war Czechoslovakia. Not only did the perception of their fathers change from liberators to enemies of socialism. Being illegitimate, children of US soldiers also challenged traditional social values. In the case of mixed-race children, their different physical characteristics (e. g. skin color) could make them targets to manifestations of racism in Czechoslovak society. Based on an analysis of available archival sources, this study asks whether there was a specific state policy towards children of American soldiers. Furthermore, with the help of oral history interviews the study also exam- ines the impact the various aspects of these children?s origin had on their everyday life.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

O - Projekt operacniho programu

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Historická sociologie - časopis pro historické sociální vědy

ISSN

1804-0616

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

15

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

27-46

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85162080771