CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Kolbesnikova, Viktorija |
|---|---|
| Title | Post-Feminism In Post-Socialist Lithuania: Soviet Woman Becomes Woman |
| Summary | This study is an initial attempt to intervene into the existing scholarship of women’s and gender history in the transitional period from Soviet Lithuania to Independent Lithuania and to suggest a different theoretical approach, informed by post-feminist theory and historical revisionism, as well as to illustrate the approach empirically through analyzing women’s magazine throughout the transition. Theoretical arguments for more multiplex historiography ground the work, followed by an overview of women’s situation during the transition paralleled to an analysis of changing discourse in magazine Soviet Woman, later – Woman. The final part presents the masterminds behind the analyzed discourse through interviews with editors-in-chief of the time. The study concludes that a magazine is an important actor in cushioning regime changes and helping women adjust, yet yielding to the new political order it acts as its ambassador as well. Finally, a recommendation is made for more complex and intersectional analysis, emphasizing women’s agency in historical processes and the importance of women‘s magazines for social change. |
| Supervisor | Barar, Erzsebet |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/kolbesnikova_viktr.pdf |
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