WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN SOVIET CINEMA DURING THE “THAW” PERIOD IN THE 1950-1960s Cover Image

ЖЕНЩИНЫ-УЧЕНЫЕ В СОВЕТСКОМ «ОТТЕПЕЛЬНОМ» КИНО 1950-1960-х гг.
WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN SOVIET CINEMA DURING THE “THAW” PERIOD IN THE 1950-1960s

Author(s): Natalia Lvovna Pushkareva
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Politics and society, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: women scientists; Soviet gender project; history of Soviet cinema; Russia in the 1950-1960s; political “Thaw”;

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the characteristics of the portrayal of women’s participation in the country’s scientific life during the political “Thaw” and the images of Russian women scientists in films of the 1950-1960s. The author’s goal is to reveal the dynamics in the changing images of women associated with work in science in the pre-war decades and the early years after the Great Patriotic War, as well as images of social hopes and optimism regarding the prospects of Russian science. The author confirms the hypothesis that despite the change in ideological orientation and the new political course in the country, as well as the active implementation of a huge state scientific project, women’s contribution to science remained underestimated (both in reality and in the films made during those years). The social role of women (domestic servants by vocation) was reflected in almost all films that depicted life in science and the life of science in one way or another.

  • Issue Year: 2025
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 157-167
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian
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