CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Chartolani, Ketevan |
|---|---|
| Title | From "Georgian Woman" to "Cosmopolitan": a Critical Reading of Women's Press in Georgia |
| Summary | This MA thesis examines Georgian women’s press during the recent history of the country in order to determine its role in constructing the gender stereotypes and female images. The main concern of the thesis is to analyze how women’s magazines’ versions of femininity change from historical moment to moment and how these changes are determined by the country’s political, economical, and social condition. In order to achieve this goal the thesis analyzes two Georgian women’s magazines: “Soviet Woman” (1957-1961), lately renamed as “Georgian Woman” (1961-1990; 1991-2007), and “Cosmopolitan” (2006-present day) The main research questions of this study are the following: How were the various political changes reflected on the politics of the women’s press in Georgia? How were the female images constructed through these magazines in the different periods? What are the dominant topics in the magazines? What is the role of the market in the politics of these magazines? What is the role of the women’s magazines in creation and promotion of a certain model of femininity that corresponds with the actual political trends? How did the promoted concepts of femininity in the different versions of Georgian women’s magazines challenge the traditional beliefs about Georgian women? |
| Supervisor | Lukic, Jasmina |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/chartolani_ketevan.pdf |
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