Gender Related Publications
1. BOOKS
THEY AREN'T, UNTIL I CALL THEM—Performing the Subject in American Literature. Frankfurt am Main-Berlin-Bern-Bruxelles-New York-Oxford: Peter Lang, 2010. 233 pp.
Az amerikai irodalom története [A History of American Literature]. Budapest: Osiris, 2005. 874 pp.
2. JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS
"Costuming the Body: On Gender Constructions in James, Chopin, and Wharton. In: To the Memory of Sarolta Kretzoi. Ed. Lehel Vadon. Eger: EKTF, 2009. 85-103.
"Így készül az ember - az >Én< és a >Másik< diszkurzív építményei az amerikai irodalomban [This is how the human is made-on the discursive constructions of the 'I" and the 'Other' in American literature]." Mi/Más Konferencia 2008 - Gondolatok a toleranciáról. Ed. Tarnóc András és Kádár Judit Ágnes. Eger: EKTF, 2009. 37-47.
"Subjectivity, Intention, and Agency: Towards a Theory of the Performing Subject." In: Kultúrán innen és túl. Írások Rozsnyai Bálint tiszteletére. / Within & Without Culture. Essays in Honor of Bálint Rozsnyai. Ed. Zoltán Vajda. Szeged: JATEPress, 2009. 49-67.
"A valaki, a senki és a senkiből lett valaki - Szubjektivitás és szubjektiváció az amerikai irodalomban" [Somebody, Nobody, and Nobody turned Somebody-Subjectivity and subjectivítion in American literature]. Anglisztika és amerikanisztika. Magyar kutatások az ezredfordulón [English and American Studies - Hungarian scholarship in the new millennium]. Ed. Tibor Frank Tibor and Krisztina Károly. Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2009. 187-195.
"Performansz és performativitás—a női, a meleg és a nem fehér szubjektumok nagy előadásai az irodalomban" [Performance and performativity—staging female, gay, and non-white subjectivities in literature]. A nő mint szubjektum, a női szubjektum [The woman as subject, the female subject]. Ed. Nóra Séllei. Orbis Litterarum. Debrecen: Kossuth Egyetemi Kiadó, 2007. 17-57.
"For the Love of the Woman-Self: Textual and Visual Alternatives to Male Misogyny."The Anatomy of the Reason, the Body, and the Soul. Ed. Katalin Tímár. Budapest: Ludwig Museum, 2004. 83-93. (In Hungarian: "Hogy szeresd női tenmagad. Amerikai modernista nőírók és a nőgyűlölet." Az ész, a test és a lélek anatómiája. Szerk. Tímár Katalin. Budapest: Ludwig Museum, 2004. 71-82.) Online version.
"Dangerous Liaisons: Politics and Epistemology in Post-Cold War American Studies." American Quarterly (Baltimore) 54/4 (December 2002). 563-579.
"Woman in the Text, Woman's Text, Woman as Text: On Possible Constructions of Female Subjectivity." Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies 8/2 (2002). 119-132.
"Énné váló álarc, álarccá váló Én (a tükörben): a Plath-i Bildung természetrajzához" [Mask becoming self, self becoming mask (in the mirror): on the concept of Plath's Bildung]. Modern sorsok és késő modern poétikák. Tanulmányok Sylvia Plathról és Ted Hughesról. Ed. István Rácz and Antal Bókay. Budapest: Janus/Gondolat, 2002. 59-78.
"Hogyan készül a nő? Lehetséges válaszok Ignotus, Szőcs Géza, Jonathan Swift, valamint Gertrude Stein és Djuna Barnes szerint" [How is woman made? Possible answers by Ignotus, Géza Szőcs, and Jonathan Swift, Gertrude Stein és Djuna Barnes]. Holmi XIV/3 (March 2002). 326-334.
"Women's Scripts and Voices in Mirrors and through Sliding Doors: Emerging Feminist Criticism in Hungary." Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies 8/1 (2002). 181-188.
"Canonicity in Literature and Culture ? or, How Liberal Is Our Liberal Arts Education? " Multicultural Challenge in American Culture. Ed. Lehel Vadon (Eger, 1999). 37-53.
"Az amerikai etnikai irodalom" [Ethnic literatures of the U.S. Introductory essay to U.S. ethnic writers, Zora Neale Hurston, N. Scott Momaday, Sandra Cisneros, Leroi Jones, Etheridge Knight, Louise Erdrich]. Magyar Napló XI/8 (1999). 23-25.
"A mai amerikai zsidó (női) irodalomról" [About American Jewish Women Writers]. Remény I/2 (1998). 103-106.
"Az amerikai női irodalmi örökség - ahogyan azt a feminista irodalomkritika előhívta" [Women's literary tradition in the U.S.?as recalled by feminist criticism. Introductory essay to a selection of women writers: Amy Lowell, H.D., Gertrude Stein, Zora Neale Hurston, Marianne Moore, Flannery O"Connor, Denise Levertov, Amy Tan és Sherley Anne Williams. Magyar Napló X/2 (1998). 10-12.
"Review of Jayne E. Marek, Women Editing Modernism: Little Magazines & Literary History." Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies 2/1 (1996). 200-203.
""Totalitarian Lib": The Legacy of Communism for Hungarian Women." Gender Politics and Post-Communism. Reflections from Eastern Europe and the ormer Soviet Union. Ed. Nanette Funk and Magda Mueller. New York: Routledge, 1993. 20 1-206.
"Woman and Poet? Conflicts in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton." The Origins and Originality of American CulturR. Ed. Tibor Frank. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1984. 375-383.
"Nő és költő egyszemélyben? ? Konfliktusok Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath és Anne Sexton költészetében" [Woman and poet? Conflicts in the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton]. Filológiai Közlöny XXVII/1-2 (1981). 93-98.
3. JOURNALISM
"Metonimiák, tálentumok és sikolyok az abortuszvitában" [Metonymies, talents, and screams in the abortion debate]. Magyar Napló II/30 (1990). 26.
"Tetovált bíboros, avagy a nőprobléma Magyarországon" [The tattooed cardinal, or the women's problem in Hungary]. Magyar Nemzet. April 18, 1990. 5.
"Feminista tövisek Fekete Gyulának" [Feminist Thorns for Gyula Fekete]. Hitel 13 (1989). 52-53. Hungarian version, English version
"Megújuló Nőmozgalom" [The revival of the women's movement]. Nők Lapja XLI (1989). 520-521.
"Hungarian Feminists: Statement". September, 1989. Hungarian version, English version
"A feminizmus kísérlete ? Beszélgetés Zeley Lászlóval, Buda Bélával és Nyíri Tamással" [The experiment of feminism ? Discussion with László Zeley, BélaBuda and Tamás Nyíri]. A gondolkodás terhei. Budapest: Medicina, 1986. 105-116.
4. TRANSLATIONS
Amy Lowell, "Egy évtized" [A Decade]. Magyar Napló X/2 (1998). 13.
H. D., "Hegyi nimfa" [Oread].'szerelem szívemben" [Love That I Bear]. "A tó" [The Pool]. Magyar Napló X/2 (1998). 13.
Denise Levertov, "Asszony egyedül" [Woman Alone]. Magyar Napló X/2 (1998). 24.
Sherley Anne Williams, "Páva versek I-III" [Peacock Poems I-III]. Magyar Napló X/2 (1998). 28.
Denise Levertov, "Jegyzetek az organikus formáról" [Notes on Organic Form]. Helikon XXIII1-3 (1987). 180-185.
Judy Syfers, "Feleséget akarok" [I Want a Wife]. Új Tükör XIX/24 (l982). 11.
5. INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES
Sümegi Noémi, "A politika fiús játék" [Politics is a boys' game]. Heti Válasz IX/7 (Feb 12, 2009). 48-50.
William Beecher, "Envoy's formative years. Twin Cities helped shape Hungarian's outlook." Minneapolis Star Tribune 10-22, 1991.
V. Bálint Éva, "Amerikából jöttem. Beszélgetés Bollobás Enikővel" [Coming from America. A diagolue with Enikő Bollobás]. Magyar Hírlap 1992. okt. 17.
V. Kulcsár Ildikó, "Sikeres asszonyok. Washington nyitott ajtók és ablakok mögött" [Successful women: Washington behind open doors and windows]. Nők Lapja 1990/42. 14-15.
Chikán Ágnes, "Gyerekkorom óta feminista vagyok. Bollobás Enikő szerencsés csillagzata" [I have been a feminist since I was a child: the lucky star of Enikő Bollobás]. Nők világa II/25 (1990. június 20). 12-13.
Petra Weber, "Women: Underpaid and Overburdened." The Hungarian Observer 1990/5. 28-29.
Lesley Abdela, "Testing the Winds of Change: What has the Hungarian Revolution Really Done for Women?" The Guardian [London] March 27, 1990. 17.
Slavenka Drakulić, "Glasne žene Glasnosti." Svijet [Zagreb] XXXVII (1990). 10-12.
Chikán Ágnes, "Feministák Szegeden. A nőnek hallgass a neve ...!?" [Feminists in Szeged. Should she hold her tongue?] Csongrádi Hírlap March 1990.
Márok Tamás, "'Gyanús ez a kedvesség!' Feminista csoport Szegeden" [Suspect formalities. The Szeged feminists]. Szegedi Egyetem March 1990.
Párhuzamos interjú: "Szép lehetsz, de okos is! A Boróka-csoportról [Parallel interview: Be pretty and sharp - on the Ginevra group]: Faragó József, "Tűzhely vagy munkahely" [Home or work] - Chikán Ágnes, "Szüljek, ne szüljek?" [Have a baby or not?]. Népszabadság January 11, 1990.
6. RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS
Women in academia and politics. Radio interview with Edit Mohácsil. Smink nélkül [Without make-up]. MR1 Radio Kossuth, Budapest, November 11, 2007.
Ónody-Molnár Dóra, "Miniszteri székbe hajózási tapasztalattal" [Cabinet post with navigation experience]. Népszabadság, November 10, 2007.
Discussing women in American politics with Péter Heltai and Tamás Magyarics. KorszakAlkotás, April 1, 2006.
On Az amerikai irodalom története [A History of American Literature].Discussion with Enikő Kulcsár Vajda. Kultúrház, MTV, Budapest, Febr. 14. 2006.
Women in Literature. Discussion with Melinda Gálfi. Duna TV, Budapest, June 18, 2003.
WOIAM Interview with Todd Mundt. National Public Radio/ Des Moines, 1995. november 11.
START THE WEEK with Melvyn Bragg, BBC, London, April 8, 1993
On the Situation of Women in Hungary. Woman's Hour, BBC 4, London, April 19, 1990.
The Peaceful Revolution of 1989 in Hungary. ITN Channel 4, London, March 24, 1990.
Issues of Hungarian feminism. Radio Kossuth, Budapest, Oct 1988.
Discussing feminism with Tamás Nyíri, Béla Buda, and László Zeley. Radio Kossuth, Budapest, Feb 2, 1984.
Poems on the sewing table. On four American women poets Hungarian Radio, Budapest, March 19, 1982.
7. PUBLIC TALKS
"Senkik és valakik - a szubjektiváció narratív megközelítéseiről." Szubjektumelméleti szekció. Az angol helyzete Magyarországon konferencia, Budapest, ELTE, 2007. november 17.
"Külön szférák." Üvegplafon: Nők a döntéshozásban konferencia, Corvinus Egyetem, 2007. október 18.
"Performance és performativitás—a női, a meleg és a nem-fehér szubjektumok nagy előadásai az irodalomban" [Performance and performativity: performing female, gay, and non-white subjectivities in literature]. Plenary lecture (A nő mint szubjektum, a női szubjektum konferencia. Debreceni Egyetem [Conference on Woman as subject, female subject. University of Debrecen], April 6, 2006)
"Receptek a nőre és a férfira: a gender mint szexualizált konstrukció" [Recipes for woman and man: gender as sexualized construction] ("Gender- és szexualitáskonstrukciók az irodalomban" szekció; Nő és férfi - férfi és nő konferencia: Társadalmi Nem és Kultúrakutató Központ, Budapesti Közgazdaságtudományi és Államigazgatási Egyetem [Section on Gender and Sexuality Constructions in Literature; Man/Woman -Woman/Man, conference organized by Budapest Economics University], November 22, 2002)
"For the Love of the Woman Self: Alternatives to Textual and Visual Misogyny" (International Symposium Anatomies of the Mind, Body, and the Soul: On the Work of Orshi Drozdik, Ludwig Museum Budapest, February 22, 2002)
"American Literature in Post-Communist Hungary: Paradigm Changes in a post-Hegemonic Humanities Environment" (University of California, Sand Diego, January 15, 2002)
"On Gay Literature and Literary Theory" (Gay and Lesbian Festival, Budapest, July 2001)
"What Theory Teaches and What We Teach Through Theory" (Budapest, ELTE, Conference on the Role of Theory in American Studies, March 2001)
"Who Says So? Public Readership, Taste, Patronage, and Literary Criticism as Agents of Canonicity in U.S. Literary History" (University of Iowa; Outside/In: U.S. Studies in a Global Context. Rockefeller Conference, April 1999)
"Laboratory of Dissonance and Mourning: The Colonial Experience Reconsidered" (Budapest, ELTE; HUSSE conference, January 1999)
"Canonicity in Literature and Culture - or, How Liberal is our Liberal Arts Education?" (Eger, EKTF; HAAS Meeting, November 1998)
"Changing Attitudes to Women in Central Europe: the Impact of Educational Mobility." World Fulbright Alumni Conference, Budapest, August 18, 1996
"The Role of Women in Post-Communist East and Central Europe" (Program in International Education, Bard College, NY, November 1995)
"The Future of Our Past: Hungary's Cultural Struggle with its Communist Legacy" (Central College, Iowa, November 1995)
"Women in Eastern Europe Today" (Women's Task Force, Ohio Wesleyan University, November 1995)
"How to Go on Living as an Eastern-European (Woman)? - Or: Can We Deal with the Past and Face the Future?"" (Council Meeting of the European Union of Women, Budapest, August 1994)
"Women in Politics," Project Liberty (Harvard University) Conference on "Women in Leadership: Politics and Business," Vienna, Austria, November 18-20, 1992.
"Building Women's Organizational and Leadership Skills," Center for Democracy Conference on "The Role of Women and the Transition to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe," Strasbourg, France, October 3-4, 1992.
"Living with the Legacy of Communism: the Situation of Women in Hungary," Indiana University, May 1, 1992.
"Heroic Politics and its Contradictions: Social Tensions in Post-Totalitarian Hungary," Conference on Security Considerations in East and Central Europe, International Security Program, Yale University, April 4, 1992.
"Lessons of the Political Transition in Hungary," Presidential Classroom for Young Americans, Washington, D.C., February 4, 1992.
"Political Trends and Prospects in Post-Communist Europe," George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs Program on Transitions to Democracy, November 7, 1991.
"Chariots Toward the House of Europe - Prospects for the European Integration of the New Democracies," Chautauqua Institution, New York State, August 16, 1991.
"Hungary: Corporate Forum Series on Eastern Europe," Hungary World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, May 7, 1991.
"Europe Beyond 2000," Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., April 11, 1991.
""Are the Pearls Real?" About the Aspirations and Goals of the Newly Freed Nations of East-Central Europe," University of California, Berkeley, Aprils 10, 1991.
"Hopes for Harmony in the Land of "Too Many Notes"," American University, Washington, D.C., March 5, 1991.
"Hungarian Society in Transition: Emerging Interest Groups," Capitol Hill Women's Political Caucus, Washington, D.C., June 13, 1991.
"Women's Totalitarian Lib in Hungary - Living with the Legacy," Overseas Education Fund, Meridian House International, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1990.
"Hungarian Women and the Orwell Syndrome," Global Security Programme, Cambridge University, England, May 23, 1990.
"Women in a New Democratic Hungary," Meeting of the British Social and Liberal Democrats. London, April 5, 1990.
"Hungary & the Dawn of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe," International Press Institute/39th Annual General Assembly, Bordeaux, France, May 7, 1990.
"Hungary and the Changes in Eastern Europe," Social and Liberal Democrats, Somerset, England, April 7, 1990.
"Political Reform and Women in Hungary," Seminar on Systemic Transformation in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, March 4, 1990.
"Dialogue with American and Soviet women on the situation of women in Eastern Europe; Chautauqua Conference on US-Soviet Relations, Women's Studies, Department of the University of Pittsburgh, November 1, 1989.
"A feminizmus és a nyilvánosság kérdései" [Questions of feminism and publicity], Jurta Színház [Yurta Theater], Budapest, May 15, 1988.
"Alternative Culture in Oregon," Lecture Series on American Culture, Pedagogical Institute, Budapest, February 2, 1988.
"Women and Slaves: Two Oppressed Groups in the Early Republic," European Association of American Studies Biennial Conference, "Women's Studies and the Early Republic" Workshop, Budapest, March 25, 1986.
"Woman and Poet?" International Symposium on the Origins and Originality of American Culture, Budapest, April 9, 1980.