Vol. 1 (2017): The Voice of a Georgian Woman
Articles

New Soviet Women of 1920s: Expectations, Reality, Representation

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  • სალომე ცოფურაშვილი

Published 2017-04-03

Keywords

  • New Soviet Woman,
  • femininity,
  • emancipation,
  • soviet ideology,
  • function of cinema,
  • representing women in soviet films,
  • sexuality,
  • motherhood,
  • androgyny,
  • social family.
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How to Cite

ცოფურაშვილი ს. (2017). New Soviet Women of 1920s: Expectations, Reality, Representation. The Voice of a Georgian Woman, 1. Retrieved from https://womensvoice.tsu.ge/index.php/WOM/article/view/1798

Abstract

The article reviews discourse on “New Soviet Woman” afterwards of the October Revolution, which can be characterized as hybrid. The article discusses the following issues: what it was officially expected from the “New Soviet Woman”; the contradictions towards those expectations and unacceptability even from party members - both in Georgian and Russian contexts; how the “New Soviet Woman” was represented in Russian and Georgian soviet silent films.

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