1st Edition

Mediating Post-Socialist Femininities

Edited By Nadia Kaneva Copyright 2016
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. Mediating Post-Socialist Femininities: Contested histories and visibilities Nadia Kaneva

2. Becoming Visible in The Digital Age: The class and media dimensions of the Pussy Riot affair Elena Gapova

3. Feminine Libidinal Entrepreneurship: Towards a reparative reading of the sponzoruša in turbo folk Dijana Jelača

4. Feminine Voice In Poland: The case of Danuta Wałęsa Katarzyna Kułakowska and Agata Łuksza

5. Watching Pink Reality TV: Gendered commercial ethno-nationalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina Zala Volčič and Karmen Erjavec

6. Old Title, New Traditions: Negotiating ideals of femininity in Krest’ianka magazine Saara Ratilainen

7. The Egoist Lifestyle: Gender, community, and the "new generation" of post-communist Bulgaria Zornitsa Keremidchieva

8. Between Sovietism and Americanization: Ideals of femininity during and after the Cold War in Finland Laura Saarenmaa

Biography

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.