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Interventions Ser.: Genre and the (Post) Communist Woman : Analyzing Transformations of the Central and Eastern European Female Ideal by Michael J. Shapiro (2014, Hardcover)
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Genre and the Post-communist Woman : Analyzing Transformations of the Central and Eastern European Female Ideal, Hardcover by Andreescu, Florentina C. (EDT); Shapiro, Michael J. (EDT), ISBN 1138013218, ISBN-13 9781138013216, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "This work is a critical intervention into the archive of female identity; it reflects on the ways in which the Central and Eastern European female ideal was constructed"--
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PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-101138013218
ISBN-139781138013216
eBay Product ID (ePID)201632392
Product Key Features
Number of Pages202 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGenre and the (Post) Communist Woman : Analyzing Transformations of the Central and Eastern European Female Ideal
Publication Year2014
SubjectPolitical Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, General, Popular Culture, Women's Studies
TypeTextbook
AuthorMichael J. Shapiro
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science
SeriesInterventions Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2014-008587
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal305.40947
Table Of ContentIntroduction. Florentina C. Andreescu and Michael J. Shapiro, 1. Women, Language, and Sacrifice/ Florentina C. Andreescu and Sean P. Quinn 2. Haunted Transitions: Memory, Theater, and Gender Discourse/ Oana Popescu-Sandu 3. Hungarian Masks/ Michael J. Shapiro 4. (An)Other Part of the Fall? Stories of Anonymous Women in (Post)communism/ Irina Velicu 5. Women as Anticommunist Dissidents and Secret Police Collaborators/ Lavinia Stan 6. Flirting with the West, Gender and Nation in Occident (2002) and California Dreamin¿ (2007)/ Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy 7. Governance of Life and Femininity in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Reflections on Affective Politics and Cultural Production/ Jasmina Husanovi¿ 8. The Fantasy of Femininity among the Industrial Ruins of Communism: Teona Strugar Mitevska's I am from Titov Veles (2007)/ Barbara Mennel 9. Turbo-Sexuality or Turbo-Sexism: The Emerging Standards of Beauty in the Pop-Folk Music of the Balkans/ Elza Ibroscheva 10. The Gypsy Woman: Between Imaginary Figure and Reality/ Anca M. Pusca
SynopsisThis work is a critical intervention into the archive of female identity; it reflects on the ways in which the Central and Eastern European female ideal was constructed, represented, and embodied in communist societies and on its transformation resulting from the political, economic, and social changes specific to the post-communist social and political transitions. During the communist period, the female ideal was constituted as a heroic mother and worker, both a revolutionary and a state bureaucrat, which were regarded as key elements in the processes of industrial development and production. She was portrayed as physically strong and with rugged rather than with feminized attributes. After the post-communist regime collapsed, the female ideal's traits changed and instead took on the feminine attributes that are familiar in the West's consumer-oriented societies. Each chapter in the volume explores different aspects of these changes and links those changes to national security, nationalism, and relations with Western societies, while focusing on a variety of genres of expression such as films, music, plays, literature, press reports, television talk shows, and ethnographic research. The topics explored in this volume open a space for discussion and reflection about how radical social change intimately affected the lives and identities of women, and their positions in society, resulting in various policy initiatives involving women's social and political roles. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of gender studies, comparative politics, Eastern European studies, and cultural studies., This work is a critical intervention into the archive of female identity; it reflects on the ways in which the Central and Eastern European female ideal was constructed, represented, and embodied in communist societies and on its transformation resulting from the political, economic, and social changes specific to the post-communist social and political transitions. During the communist period, the female ideal was constituted as a heroic mother and worker, both a revolutionary and a state bureaucrat, which were regarded as key elements in the processes of industrial development and production. She was portrayed as physically strong and with rugged rather than with feminized attributes. After the post-communist regime collapsed, the female ideal¿s traits changed and instead took on the feminine attributes that are familiar in the West¿s consumer-oriented societies. Each chapter in the volume explores different aspects of these changes and links those changes to national security, nationalism, and relations with Western societies, while focusing on a variety of genres of expression such as films, music, plays, literature, press reports, television talk shows, and ethnographic research. The topics explored in this volume open a space for discussion and reflection about how radical social change intimately affected the lives and identities of women, and their positions in society, resulting in various policy initiatives involving women¿s social and political roles. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of gender studies, comparative politics, Eastern European studies, and cultural studies.
LC Classification NumberHQ1587.G464 2014
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