THE EVOLUTION OF THE WOMAN-LEADER IMAGE IN SOVIET CINEMA Cover Image

ЭВОЛЮЦИЯ ОБРАЗА ЖЕНЩИНЫ-РУКОВОДИТЕЛЬНИЦЫ В СОВЕТСКОМ КИНО
THE EVOLUTION OF THE WOMAN-LEADER IMAGE IN SOVIET CINEMA

Author(s): Marina Robertovna Torburga, Sergey Viktorovich Dobronravov
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Family and social welfare, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: evolution of the image in the cinema; female leader; gender equality; full-fledged personality; patriarchal attitudes; ideological commitment; gender stereotype;

Summary/Abstract: In the article the authors investigate the transformation of typical images of women leaders in Soviet cinema. Until the end of the Stalin era, politicized images of women leaders were created, which were mainly intended to justify state power and the course of leaders, who are not inferior to men in their strong-willed and business qualities, appeared during the years of the ―thaw‖ when the ideological pressure of state power on art became less strong. Women are depicted as independent and capable of achieving everything on their own. In the films of this period the party — as a social force — is absent. And finally, the 70s manifested the very patriarchal attitudes that Soviet cinema fought throughout its entire existence: the female leader began to be portrayed as an inferior person. The directors of this period promote the idea that the true essence of a woman is not career-oriented. For a woman, first of all, marriage and family should be the most important ideas and values. Moreover, ideally any woman should share the values and attitudes of the man she is going to marry. Such a metamorphosis was a sign of the decomposition of the Soviet system and the development of bourgeois relations, giving rise to the return of patriarchal views to Soviet society.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 127-134
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian