Mediating Post-Socialist Femininities

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-09916-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this collection of essays examines the ways in which popular media re-construct ideas and ideals of femininity in the post-socialist cultural space. The authors explore a comprehensive range of questions including: How have post-socialist women engaged with media as media producers and consumers, as well as objects of media representation? What are the consequences of the commodification of femininity in the post-socialist context? How does the female body serve as a battleground for the enactment and renegotiation of gendered identities and ideologies? How can we understand and theorize post-socialist women’s activist movements?

In seeking answers to such questions, this volume highlights the need to reconsider feminism as a political and theoretical project with many faces. It bridges research on the mediation of post-socialist femininities with broader concerns about the transnational trajectories of feminism today.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Feminist Media Studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaneva, Nadia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Mediating Post-Socialist Femininities: Contested histories and visibilities 2. Becoming Visible in The Digital Age: The class and media dimensions of the Pussy Riot affair 3. Feminine Libidinal Entrepreneurship: Towards a reparative reading of the sponzoruša in turbo folk 4. Feminine Voice In Poland: The case of Danuta Walesa 5. Watching Pink Reality TV: Gendered commercial ethno-nationalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina 6. Old Title, New Traditions: Negotiating ideals of femininity in Krest’ianka magazine 7. The Egoist Lifestyle: Gender, community, and the "new generation" of post-communist Bulgaria 8. Between Sovietism and Americanization: Ideals of femininity during and after the Cold War in Finland

Über Autor(innen)

Nadia Kaneva is Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Film, and Journalism Studies at the University of Denver, USA. Her research draws on critical theories of culture and communication, and explores the intersections of media, markets, and identities in the post-socialist context.