CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Onoprienko, Anastasia Olegovna |
|---|---|
| Title | Soviet Family Policy and Nation Building Represented through Feminine Images in Women's Magazines from the 1930s through 1950s (magazines "Rabotnitsa" and "Krest'ianka" taken as an example) |
| Summary | The MA thesis addresses the position of women in the Soviet Union during the Stalin’s rule, specifically from the 1930s through the 1950s. The thesis will particularly be concerned with the representation of Soviet women in women’s magazines of 1930-1950s (magazines "Rabotnitsa" and "Krest’ianka" taken as an example). The thesis will argue that the Soviet policy concerning women and representation of the Soviet woman during the Stalin's era were key to Nation-building in the Soviet Union of 1930-1950s. In my study I will deal with the following research questions: How women images were utilized for the purpose of nation-building? What are the major peculiarities of visual images of women of the 1930-1950s period? What textual context underlines these images? What are the main characteristics of this historical period? How does the ideology influence the construction of femininity? How femininity is represented both visually and textually? What was the model of the world which women's magazines of the Soviet period ("Rabotnitsa" and "Krest'ianka" taken as an example) sought to plant in women's consciousness? Through which means was this model conveyed to the readership?" In this study I will show how women images in the magazines "Rabotnitsa" and "Krest’ianka" were used to encourage women to perform the triple role of a worker, a mother, and a public activist, and how the party justified the necessity of performing these roles. Investigation of this 'multifunctioning' expected from women appears to be rather important since it shreds light on reasons of the so-called anti-feminist movement which took place after the Soviet Union collapsed. |
| Supervisor | Eva Fodor |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/onoprienko_anastasia.pdf |
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