CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Osinovskaya, Olga Stanislavovna |
|---|---|
| Title | CROSS-DRESSING IN SOVIET CINEMA: THE CASE OF HELLO, I AM YOUR AUNT! (ZDRAVSTVUJTE, JA VASHA TETYA!) |
| Summary | This paper is devoted to the role of cross-dressing in the Soviet cinema. The analysis is based on the comedy Hello, I am Your Aunt! (Zdravstvujte, Ja Vasha Tetya!) (Titov, 1975). This Soviet adaptation of the play by Brandon Thomas Charlie’s Aunt is one of the very few movies where cross-dressing is the main plot element. Based on Bakhtin’s notions of carnivalesque and heteroglossia, I try to find out if and how the film was subversive towards the official Soviet discourse and why it was popular with the audience. In order to do that, I analyze the film within the Soviet context of the 1970s, looking at it both as a mainstream movie, and as potentially subversive text when it comes to gender issues. On the other hand, I also compare Hello, I am Your Aunt! to several mainstream Hollywood comedies based on cross-dressing as the main topic. |
| Supervisor | Lukic, Jasmina |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/osinovskaya_olga.pdf |
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