Spaces in Transition [antikvár]

INTRODUCTION Erzsébet Barát Department of English, SZTE Why Tffls book? The members of the Gender Studies Stream at the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged decided to celebrate Dr. Sarolta Mari-novich-Resch, our senior colleague's 60th birthday in recognition of the excellence of her contribudon to the field of feminist scholarship as well as her support and encouragement to all of us, in her diverse and generous ways. The celebratíon took place on November 21st, 2003 in the local headquarters of the Hmigarian Academy of Science. The current volume is pardy an outcome of that event, including the talks presented on die occasion by Éva Federmayer, Mária Joó, Mária Kurdi, and Nóra SéUei. Except for Éva Federmayer, the presenters are not Sari's local colleagues and friends but scholars from all major Departments in the Faculties of Humanities in the country, attesting to the significance of Sari's achievement in building a successful feminist network over the past fifteen years. We, the organisers tought it would be in accordance with the nature of femmist concerns not to have our local voice domineer the event. The current volume, however, may provide an appropriate site for extending our congratulations in this more academic manjier as well. Therefore the conference presentations are accompanied by further works written by Irén Annus, Anna Kérchy and Andrea P. Balogh, representing the ongoing research of the members of die Stream. Validity and Involvement As for myself, the most precious concern I have learnt from Sári is the relevance of involvement and its impact on die hfe of die researcher. Perhaps the most strildng and convincing example of this knowledge is the current struggle over the proper