DER MUTTERKULT IN NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHER UND KOMMUNISTISCHER ZEIT.BILDER UND TEXTE
THE MOTHER CULT IN NATIONAL-SOCIALIST AND COMMUNIST TIMES. IMAGES AND TEXTS
Author(s): Daniela-Elena VladuSubject(s): Gender Studies, Studies of Literature, Political history, Government/Political systems, History of Communism, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: National socialism; communism; mother cult; propaganda; ideology;
Summary/Abstract: The communist and national socialist ideology that apparently supported women‘s equality of rights brought not the liberation of Romanian and German women but their tight binding to the state. The nationalistic phase of the Romanian communism and national socialism brought to the fore the propaganda model of woman as mother. A woman had value only if she was a mother of several children, contributing thus to the state’s strength. The poem by Jura Soyfer, Schlaflied für ein Ungeborenes (Lullaby for an Unborn) and the one-hour Romanian documentary Das Dekret 770 – Gebären auf Befehl (rumänisch Decreţeii) are cited in the present paper as relevant examples of the mother cult during those national socialistic times; the role of the woman as heroine mother is strongly emphasized.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 169-174
- Page Count: 6
- Language: German