«Real man»: to the question of gender dimension of symbolic politics Cover Image

«Настоящий мужик»: о гендерном измерении символической политики
«Real man»: to the question of gender dimension of symbolic politics

Author(s): Tatjana Borisovna Riabova, Oleg Vjacheslavovich Riabov
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: symbolic politics; gender images; national images of masculinity; «muzhik» as the image of contemporary Russian masculinity; image of politicians

Summary/Abstract: The article examines how gender discourse (including national images of masculinity) is used in Russian symbolic politics. Special attention is paid to the image-symbol of «muzhik», which gains the traits of hegemonic masculinity because it rather corresponds to the contemporary Russian identity. The authors consider the influence of the «muzhik» symbol on the image of national leader in Russia

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 68-72
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Russian