THE MIRRORS OF COMMUNISM IN THE EYES OF A WOMAN
THE MIRRORS OF COMMUNISM IN THE EYES OF A WOMAN
Author(s): Marius MiheţSubject(s): Romanian Literature
Published by: Editura Universitatii din Oradea
Keywords: communism; post-communism; Gabriela Adameșteanu; feminism; everyday life under communism; history in the feminine; women in history; women in communism;
Summary/Abstract: A novel perspective on communist and post - communist society is what Gabriela Adameșteanu accomplishes in her prose. Although she problematizes all of the symbolic areas present within the space of the former ”Iron Curtain ”, the Romanian writer chooses to supplement the meanings: the entirety of totalitarian and post -communist history is seen from the perspective of a female character. Through this maneuver, Gabriela Adameșteanu manages to develop the social mirrors, on one hand, and the mirrors of femininity, on the other, and, through these, the mirrors of a history that remains unclear, even beyond communism. It is likely that, if the whole history of communism in the former Communist Bloc were written in the feminine, we would be reading a totally different history, more authentic and closer to the truth.
Journal: Analele Universităţii din Oradea Fascicula Limba si Literatura Română (ALLRO)
- Issue Year: 26/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 44-52
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
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