The paper deals with the analysis of using the Motherland symbol by the Soviet popular songs in order to represent the Cold War issues. Using quantitative and qualitative content analysis, the authors examine more than 1500 Soviet songs (1946—1991); 350 of them employ this symbol. The article demonstrates that the […]
Keywords: Cold War
The article based on an analysis of Soviet mass culture of the 1960s (feature films, documentaries, popular songs) examines the representations of Cuban masculinity and femininity in the context of the Cold war during the 1960s. The authors conclude that the images of men and women, masculinity and femininity have […]
Kleshchenko L. L., Riabova T. B. “Cuba is my love”: ...
DOI: 10.21064/WinRS.2019.4.3 Based on focus-groups, conducted in Saint Petersburg and Ivanovo in November 2018, the paper examines the contemporary Russians’ reception on the images of U. S. militaries’ masculinity that were created by the Soviet and American films. The authors, at first, analyze the informants’ views on cinematic images of […]
Riabova T. B., Pankratova E. V. The “Cold ...
The article based on the analysis of the Soviet animated films of the “Long Fifties” (1946—1963) deals with the role of gender discourse in constructing the USA image. The au-thor discusses how the animation served as a weapon of the Cold War confrontation. Representations of American masculinity, femininity, love, marriage, […]
Riabov O. V. “I am so glad I don’t ...
The article based on the analysis of Soviet movies and film criticism of the «long fifties» is devoted to investigating the ways in which the films exploited gender discourse to produce Otherness. Cinematic representations of the American masculinity served as a weapon of the Cold War. Masculinity of the Enemy […]
Riabov O. V. «Mr. John Lancaster Peck»: American masculinity in ...
Статья, основанная на анализе советских фильмов и кинокритике «долгих пятидесятых», посвящена анализу использования кинематографом гендерного дискурса для создания образа врага. Кинорепрезентации американской маскулинности служили орудием холодной войны. Маскулинность Врага портретировалась как девиантная; в то же время фильмы создавали образы «хороших американцев», которые в отношении гендерных норм вели себя вполне по-советски. […]