Books that cannot be accommodated in our book review section but that are worthy of special attention are listed here with their tables of contents.

Shevtsova, Maryna. LGBTI Politics and Value Change in Ukraine and Turkey: Exporting Europe? Routledge Studies in Gender, Sexuality and Politics. London and New York: Routledge, 2021. viii, 188 pp. Appendix. Notes. Index. Figures. Tables. $160.00, hard bound. $44.05, ebook.

1. Europeanization “Beyond Europe”: Promoting LGBTI Rights in Third Countries. 2. Politics of LGBTI Rights and Non-Discrimination in The Enlarged European Union. 3. European Integration as Turkey's Civilizational Project. 4. Eurocrisis And Transformations of Political System in Turkey. 5. “Russian World” And “European Values”: Competing Normative Powers and LGBTI Rights in Ukraine. 6. In the Aftermath of Euromaidan: Breaking the Granite Wall. 7. Tracing Europeanization Of LGBTI Rights “Beyond Europe.” Conclusion.

Blanchet, Marie-Helene, Gabriel, Frederic, and Tatarenko, Laurent. Autocephalies: L'exercice de l'independance dans les eglises slaves orientales (IXe-XXIe siecle). Collection de L'Ecole Francaise de Rome. Rome: Ecole Francaise de Rome, 2021. vi, 678 pp. Notes. Index. Illustrations. Plates. Photographs. Figures. Tables. Maps. €45.00, paper; €9.99, ebook.

Frédéric Gabriel, Introduction: Difficiles autocéphalies—Entre politique et ecclésiologie Problèmes de définitions. Problèmes de définitions. Enrico Morini, L'autocéphalie et la notion d'apostolicité. Marie-Hélène Blanchet and Konstantinos Vetochnikov, Les usages et les significations du terme « autocéphale » (αὐτοκέφαλος) à Byzance. Marie-Hélène Blanchet and Konstantinos Vetochnikov, La notion d’Églises « mère » et « fille » dans l'ecclésiologie byzantine. Daniel Galadza, Autocephaly and the Diptychs the Practice of Commemorating Bishops in Liturgical Texts. Historicisation des pratiques d'autocépahlies: Fondations et pratiques originelles (IXe siècle – fin XVIe siècle). Christian Hannick, Les cheminements de l’Église bulgare vers une émancipation et une autocéphalie face au patriarcat de Constantinople avant la période ottomane. Angel Nikolov, The Bulgarian Church in the 9th-10th century. Günter Prinzing, La jurisprudence ecclésiastique dans l'archevêché autocéphale de Bulgarie / Ohrid (1020-ca. 1400). Srđan Pirivatrić, The Autocephalous Orthodox Archbishopric of Serbia: A Short Survey of its Foundation. Jonel Hedjan, L'autocéphalie et l'autokrator: La place du pouvoir royal dans la formation et l’évolution des Églises serbe et bulgare (XIIIe–XIVe siècle). Pierre Gonneau, Le concile de Florence comme prélude à la symphonie russe. Autocéphalie et unions à l'époque moderne. Laurent Tatarenko, Uniatisme et autocéphalies dans les minorités slaves orientales (XVIe–XVIIIe siècle): Réflexions sur le localisme ecclésiastique à l’époque post-tridentine. Vera Tchentsova, Une métropole entre double appartenance et indépendance: Kiev, Constantinople et Moscou dans la seconde moitié du XVIIe siècle. L'âge des Nations. Philippe Gelez, La négociation politique du statut canonique de l’Église orthodoxe en Bosnie-Herzégovine, 1878–1918. Bernard Lory, L'exarchat bulgare en compétition avec le patriarcat de Constantinople (1870–1945). Goran Sekulovski, Essais de rétablissement de l'ancien archevêché d'Ohrid (XIXe–XXe siècle). Depuis 1918. Hyacinthe Destivelle, La question des autonomies et autocéphalies au concile de Moscou de 1917–1918. Laura Pettinaroli, L'autocéphalie en guerre froide: Tensions interconfessionnelles et réflexion sur l'unité à la conférence inter-orthodoxe de Moscou de 1948. Kathy Rousselet, L'autocéphalie revisitée: Les quêtes d'indépendance ecclésiastique dans les espaces soviétique et post-soviétique. Visions contemporaines. Job Getcha, Territorialité des juridictions et expérience liturgique : quelques présupposés liturgiques et ecclésiologiques de l'autocéphalie. Georgică Grigoriță, L'autocéphalie dans l’Église orthodoxe: Les réalités ecclésiales du XXe siècle. Une analyse canonique. Laurent Tatarenko, Autocéphalies et (re)constructions politiques du XXIe siècle.

Khagi, Sofya. Companion to Victor Pelevin. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2022. xxxiv, 244 pp. Appendix. Index. Illustrations. $129.00, hard bound. $32.94 paper.

Sofya Khagi, Introduction. Victor Pelevin: Life, Works, Critical Debates. Part One: The Post-Soviet. Michael Martin, The Early Years: Post-Soviet with a Capital “S.” Part Two: Space, Time, History. Sofya Khagi, Space-Time Poetics in Chapaev and the Void. Christopher Fort, Parody of Past and Present in Chapaev and the Void. Alexander McConnell, Masking the Void, Voiding the Mask: Viktor Pelevin and the Performance of History. Part Three: Simulation and Mind Control. Dylan Ogden, “The Battle for Your Mind”: Transformation of Western Social Theory in Generation ‘П.’ Meghan Vicks, Totalitarian Literature in Generation ‘П.’ Part Four: Metamorphosis and Utopia. Grace Mahoney, Transformative Reading for Tailless Monkeys: Metamorphoses in The Sacred Book of the Werewolf. Theodore Trotman, The Mythic and the Utopian: Visions of the Future through the Lens of Victor Pelevin's S.N.U.F.F. and Love for Three Zuckerbrins.

Narvselius, Eleonora and Fedor, Julie, eds. Diversity in the East-Central European Borderlands Memories, Cityscapes, People. Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society. Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag, 2021. 400 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Photographs. Figures. Tables. Maps. $60.00, paper.

Eleonora Narvselius, Introduction. Remembering Diversity in East-Central European Cityscapes. Bo Larsson, Urban Environment and Perished Populations in Chişinău, Chernivtsi, Lviv, and Wrocław. Historical Background and Memories Versus City Planning and Future Perspectives. Natalia Otrishchenko, Between Anonymity and Attachment. Remembering Others in L΄viv's Pidzamche District. Juliet D. Golden and Hana Cervinkova, On the Peripheries of Memory. Tracing the History of the Old Jewish Cemetery in Wrocław's Urban Imaginary. Gaëlle Fisher, Moving Forward through the Past. Bukovina's Rediscovery after 1989–91. Anastasia Felcher, Thinking Differently, Acting Separately? Heritage Discourse and Heritage Treatment in Chişinău. Paweł Czajkowski, Myths and Monuments in the Collective Consciousness and Social Practice of Wrocław. Eleonora Narvselius, A Tragedy of the Galician Diversity: Commemoration of Polish Professors Killed in L΄viv during World War II. Alexandr Voronovici, A Tangle of Memory: The Eternitate Memorial Complex in Chişinău and History Politics in Moldova. Barbara Pabjan, Patterns of Collective Memory Socio-Cultural Diversity in Wrocław Urban Memory. Nadiia Bureiko, and Teodor Lucian Moga, Identificational and Attitudinal Trends in the Ukrainian–Romanian Borderland of Bukovina.

De Cordier, Bruno, Fauve, Adrien and Van den Bosch, Jeroen, eds. The European Handbook of Central Asian Studies History, Politics, and Societies. Stuttgart: Columbia University Press, 2022. xxxx, 1021 pp. Appendix. Bibliography. Glossary. Indices. Illustrations. Photographs. Figures. Tables. Maps. €99.90, paper.

Images Speak Louder than Words? Historical Postcard Exhibition of Early-20th Century Central Asia. A Confusion of Tongues? On Non-Latin Scripts and Transliteration. Part I: Introduction. Adrien Fauve, Central Asian Studies: A Maturing Field? Bruno J. De Cordier and Jeroen J.J. Van den Bosch, Defining and Delineating Central Asia from a European Perspective. Justyna Hadaś and Jeroen J.J. Van den Bosch, How to Use this Handbook: Didactic Vision and Study Guide. Part II: Identities and Historical Roots. Bruno J. De Cordier, The Original Islamization of Central Asia: From the Arab Frontier Colonies to the ‘Governorate Dynasties’ (650–1000). Vincent Fourniau, Early Modern Interactions between Pastoral Nomadic and Sedentary Societies in the Central Asian Culture Complex. Svetlana Gorshenina, Orientalism, Postcolonial and Decolonial Frames on Central Asia: Theoretical Relevance and Applicability. VI. Table of Contents. Sébastien Peyrouse, Central Asia's Contemporary (Post-Soviet) Religious Landscape: A ‘De-Secularization’ in the Making? Gian Marco Moisé and Abel Polese, The Historical Conditioning of Languages and Ethnicities in Central Asia. Part III: Societal-Political Dynamics. Jeremy Smith, Clans, Class and Ethnicity in Post-Soviet Central Asia. Adrien Fauve, Presidential Elections and Ruling Parties in Central Asia. Jeroen J.J. Van den Bosch, Political Regimes in Central Asia: Tracing Personalist Rule from the Khanates to the Present. Baktybek Kainazarov, Civil Society Development in Post-Soviet Central Asia. Rano Turaeva, Women in Central Asia: Decolonizing Gender Studies. Scott Newton, 14 Contemporary Central Asian Legal Systems in Developmental Context: Genealogy, Political Economy, State Architecture. Part IV: External Interactions. Slavomír Horák, History and Evolution of Geopolitics toward Central Asia. Sébastien Peyrouse, Between Myth and Reality: The Restoration of the Silk Roads in Central Asia. Catherine Poujol, International Relations in Central Asia: A Focus on Foreign Policies (1991–2020). Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro and Maria Raquel Freire, Terrorism and Security in Central Asia. Part V: Economy and Environment. Luca Anceschi and Julia Schwab, Facing the Soviet Legacy: Political Economy and Development Patterns in Central Asia. Natalie Koch, Environmental Geopolitics in Central Asia. Bhavna Davé, Labour Migration from Central Asia to Russia: Laws, Policies and Effects on Sending States. Suzanne Harris-Brandts and Abel Polese, Between Sotsgorod and Bazaar: Urbanization Dynamics in Central Asia. Part VI: Case Studies & Overview of Learning Outcomes. Bruno J. De Cordier, Case Study 1 The Imprint of the Khazars. Svetlana Gorshenina, Case Study 2 Toponymy of Central Asia: Proper Names or Forged Concepts? Oguljamal Yazliyeva, Case Study 3 Media and Personality Cult in Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Turkmenistan. Baktybek Kainazarov, Case Study 4 Promoting and Protecting Women Rights in Kyrgyzstan. Slavomír Horák, Case Study 5 Railway Geopolitics in Central Asia from the 19th to the 21st Century. Bhavna Davé, Case study 6 The Story of Makhsudbek (“Misha”), a Labour Migrant from Uzbekistan.

Nešťáková, Denisa, Grosse-Sommer, Katja, Klacsmann, Borbála, and Drábik, Jakub. If This Is a Woman: Studies on Women and Gender in the Holocaust. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2021. xx, 271 pp. Notes. Index. Photographs. $119.00, hard bound. $150.00, ebook.

Andrea Pető, Foreword: Unholy Alliances. Denisa Nešťáková, Katja Grosse-Sommer, Borbála Klacsmann, and Jakub Drábik, Introduction. Part One: Theoretical Reflections on a Gender Focus in Holocaust Studies. Dalia Ofer, “Will You Hear My Voice?” Women in the Holocaust: Memory and Analysis. Natalia Aleksiun, A Familial Turn in Holocaust Scholarship? Part Two: Gender in Times of Occupation and Authoritarianism: Expectation and Reality. Agnes Laba, Masculinities under Occupation: Considerations of a Gender Perspective on Everyday Life under German Occupation. Eva Škorvanková, New Slovak Woman: The Feminine Ideal in the Authoritarian Regime of the Slovak State, 1939–1945. Part Three: Women's Lives in Camps. Denisa Nešťáková, “Our mother organized it all”: The Role of Mothers of Sered΄ Camp in the Memories of Their Children. Marína Zavacká, Women in the Ilava Camp as Political Detainees in 1939. Part Four: Women in Positions of Community Leadership. Anna Nedlin-Lehrer, Women in Dror and Gendered Experiences of the Holocaust? Laurien Vastenhout, Female Involvement in the “Jewish Councils” of the Netherlands and France: Gertrude van Tijn and Juliette Stern. Part Five: Women in the Resistance. Joanna Sliwa, “Ma'am, do you know that a Jew lives here?” The Betrayal of Polish Women and the Jewish Children They Hid during the Holocaust—the Case of Cracow. Hannah Wilson, “And with these boots, I'm gonna run away from here”: The Significance of Female Narratives in the Sobibor Uprising and Its Aftermath. Modiane Zerdoun-Daniel, “After all, I was a ‘female’ and a ‘yid’ to boot.” Jewish Women among Partisans in Lithuania, 1941–1944. Part Six: Sexuality and Sexual Violence. Marta Havryshko, Listening to Women's Voices: Jewish Rape Survivors’ Testimonies in Soviet War Crimes Trials. Florian Zabransky, Male Jewish Teenage Sexuality in Nazi Germany.

Majtenyi, Gyorgy, Luxury and the Ruling Elite in Socialist Hungary: Villas, Hunts, and Soccer Games. Studies in Hungarian History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2021. 353 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. $85.00, hard bound. $32.00, paper.

Introduction. In the Manor House: A New Elite is Born. The C(adre) Line: Consumer Habits. Tradition and Innovation: The Hunt for Concordance. Meetings between the System and Its People. Luxury: Public and Semipublic Spaces. Stain on the Blue Sofa: Luxury and the Elite.

Biedarieva, Svitlana, ed., Contemporary Ukrainian and Baltic Art Political and Social Perspectives, 1991–2021. Ukrainian Voices, no. 14. Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag, 2021. 302 pp. Illustrations. $46.00, paper.

Svitlana Biedarieva, Introduction. Ieva Astahovska, Mapping Transformations in Latvian and Baltic Art. Svitlana Biedarieva, The Documentary Turn in New Ukrainian Art. Kateryna Botanova, Artist as a Virus: Political Transformations and Art in Ukraine after 1991. Olena Martynyuk, Apocalyptic Perestroika and the Birth of the Ukrainian Contemporary Art. Lina Michelkevice and Vytautas Michelkevicius, Artists Rewriting Art History through Artistic Research and Collecting in Lithuania: From Pavilion to Museum to Cemetery. Margaret Tali, Working with Difficult Histories to Reimagine the Future: Revisiting the Meanings of Memory and Identity in Baltic Art. Jessica Zychowicz, A New Dawn at the Centennial of Suffragism: Artistic Representation in Transeuropean and Transatlantic Kyiv.