Vampirettes, Wretches, and Amazons: Western Representations of East European Women

This collection traces some of the major patterns of representation of East European women in Western art and culture, drawing careful connections between these philosophical, artistic, and cultural constructions and actual historical, sociopolitical realities.

The articles analyze a wide array of forms of representation—narrative, theater, opera, journalism, film, and media—over a period of two centuries, in order to demonstrate that certain stereotypical and simplistic views of East E…