"Ewa Mazierska has set herself an ambitious task with this her new well researched book...[Her] study excels in the breadth of its comparison of Czech and Polish films...The volume also makes a valuable contribution to the study of how Socialist Realism was implemented in Czech and Polish cinema." · Slavonic and East European Review"Offering an excellent overview of masculinity - in relationship to war, fatherhood, love, and homosexuality - in Polish, Czech, and Slovak film this accessible highly interpretive work addresses a number of films and then attempts to contextualize their meaning in a larger framework...One of the greatest strengths of this work is its historical grounding... The author's subtle understanding of larger psychological forces at work ... make this a dynamic, engaging study. An invaluable resource for students of central/eastern European film studies and gender studies." · Choice "...This is an intelligent and insighful investigation of masculinities in three unique and artistically vibrant Eastern European nations. And while the author admits to trating only select films, the breadth of films covered is nevertheless impressive." · Slavic and East European JournalGender, especially masculinity, is a perspective rarely applied in discourses on cinema of Eastern/Central Europe. Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak Cinema exposes an English-speaking audience to a large proportion of this region's cinema that previously ...