Women S Life Writing In Post Communist Romania

Author : Simona Mitroiu
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110766530

Get Book

Women's Life Writing in Post-Communist Romania by Simona Mitroiu Pdf

This book analyzes the impact of abusive regimes of power on women’s lives and on their self-expression through close readings of life writing by women in communist Romania. In particular, it examines the forms of agency and privacy available to women under totalitarianism and the modes of relationships in which their lives were embedded. The self-expression and self-reflexive processes that are to be found in the body of Romanian women’s autobiographical writings this study presents create complex private narratives that underpin the creative development of inclusive memories of the past through shared responsibility and shared agency. At the same time, however, the way these private, personal narratives intertwined with collective and official historical narratives exemplifies the multidimensional nature of privacy as well as the radical redefinition of agency in this period. This book argues for a broader understanding of the narratives of the communist past, one that reflects the complexity of individual and social interactions and allows a deep exploration of the interconnected relations between memory, trauma, nostalgia, agency, and privacy.

Author : Jill Massino
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785335990

Get Book

Ambiguous Transitions by Jill Massino Pdf

Focusing on youth, family, work, and consumption, Ambiguous Transitions analyzes the interplay between gender and citizenship postwar Romania. By juxtaposing official sources with oral histories and socialist policies with everyday practices, Jill Massino illuminates the gendered dimensions of socialist modernization and its complex effects on women’s roles, relationships, and identities. Analyzing women as subjects and agents, the book examines how they negotiated the challenges that arose as Romanian society modernized, even as it clung to traditional ideas about gender. Massino concludes by exploring the ambiguities of postsocialism, highlighting how the legacies of the past have shaped politics and women’s lived experiences since 1989.

Author : Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru,Mădălina Nicolaescu,Helen Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : East European literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122927960

Get Book

Women's Voices in Post-communist Eastern Europe by Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru,Mădălina Nicolaescu,Helen Smith Pdf

Author : Florentina C.Andreescu,Michael Shapiro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317747352

Get Book

Genre and the (Post-)Communist Woman by Florentina C.Andreescu,Michael Shapiro Pdf

This work is a critical intervention into the archive of female identity; it reflects on the ways in which the Central and Eastern European female ideal was constructed, represented, and embodied in communist societies and on its transformation resulting from the political, economic, and social changes specific to the post-communist social and political transitions. During the communist period, the female ideal was constituted as a heroic mother and worker, both a revolutionary and a state bureaucrat, which were regarded as key elements in the processes of industrial development and production. She was portrayed as physically strong and with rugged rather than with feminized attributes. After the post-communist regime collapsed, the female ideal’s traits changed and instead took on the feminine attributes that are familiar in the West’s consumer-oriented societies. Each chapter in the volume explores different aspects of these changes and links those changes to national security, nationalism, and relations with Western societies, while focusing on a variety of genres of expression such as films, music, plays, literature, press reports, television talk shows, and ethnographic research. The topics explored in this volume open a space for discussion and reflection about how radical social change intimately affected the lives and identities of women, and their positions in society, resulting in various policy initiatives involving women’s social and political roles. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of gender studies, comparative politics, Eastern European studies, and cultural studies.

Author : Sophie Van Llewyn
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062979537

Get Book

Bottled Goods by Sophie Van Llewyn Pdf

Longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize, this poignant, lyrical novel is set in 1970s Romania during Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s regime—and depicts childhood, marriage, family, and identity in the face of extreme obstacles. Alina yearns for freedom. She and her husband Liviu are teachers in their twenties, living under the repressive regime of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in the Socialist Republic of Romania in the 1970s. But after her brother-in-law defects, Alina and Liviu fall under suspicion and surveillance, and their lives are suddenly turned upside down—just like the glasses in her superstitious Aunt Theresa's house that are used to ward off evil spirits. But Alina's evil spirits are more corporeal: a suffocating, manipulative mother; a student who accuses her; and a menacing Secret Services agent who makes one-too-many visits. As the couple continues to be harassed, their marriage soon deteriorates. With the government watching—and most likely listening— escape seems impossible . . . until Alina’s mystical aunt proposes a surprising solution to reduce her problems to a manageable size. Weaving elements of magic realism, Romanian folklore, and Kafkaesque paranoia into a gritty and moving depiction of one woman's struggle for personal and political freedom, Bottled Goods is written in short bursts of “flash fiction” and explores universal themes of empowerment, liberty, family, and loyalty.

Author : Nanette Funk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008846516

Get Book

Gender Politics and Post-communism by Nanette Funk Pdf

Comprises essays by women scholars, activists and former dissidents from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Discusses gender politics during post-communist transition, and analyses the conditions facing women in each country.

Author : Maria Bucur-Deckard,Mihaela Miroiu
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253038494

Get Book

Birth of Democratic Citizenship by Maria Bucur-Deckard,Mihaela Miroiu Pdf

What is it like to be a woman living through the transition from communism to democracy? What effect does this have on a woman's daily life, on her concept of herself, her family, and her community? Birth of Democratic Citizenship presents the stories of women in Romania as they describe their experiences on the journey to democratic citizenship. In candid and revealing conversations, women between the ages of 24 and 83 explain how they negotiated their way through radical political transitions that had a direct impact on their everyday lives. Women who grew up under communism explore how these ideologies influenced their ideas of marriage, career, and a woman's role in society. Younger generations explore how they interpret civic rights and whether they incorporate these rights into their relationships with their family and community. Beginning with an overview of the role women have played in Romania from the late 18th century to today, Birth of Democratic Citizenship explores how the contemporary experience of women in postsocialist countries developed. The women speak about their reliance on and negotiations with communities, ranging from family and neighbors to local and national political parties. Birth of Democratic Citizenship argues that that the success of democracy will largely rely on the equal incorporation of women in the political and civic development of Romania. In doing so, it encourages frank consideration of what modern democracy is and what it will need to be to succeed in the future.

Author : Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru,Mădălina Nicolaescu,Helen Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : East European literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123523511

Get Book

Women's Voices in Post-communist Eastern Europe: Bodies and representations by Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru,Mădălina Nicolaescu,Helen Smith Pdf

Author : Denise Roman
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 0739121189

Get Book

Fragmented Identities by Denise Roman Pdf

Combining sharp observation, a native's ease in the city, and talent as a storyteller, Denise Roman spiritedly presents the myriad details and the diverging cultural strands of life in postcommunist Bucharest. Roman focuses on identity-formation and identity politics among youth, Jews, women, and queers.

Author : Haya Leah Molnar
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781429944427

Get Book

Under a Red Sky by Haya Leah Molnar Pdf

Eva Zimmermann is eight years old, and she has just discovered she is Jewish. Such is the life of an only child living in postwar Bucharest, a city that is changing in ever more frightening ways. Eva's family, full of eccentric and opinionated adults, will do absolutely anything to keep her safe—even if it means hiding her identity from her. With razor-sharp depictions of her animated relatives, Haya Leah Molnar's memoir of her childhood captures with touching precocity the very adult realities of living behind the iron curtain. Under a Red Sky is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Claudia Moscovici
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780761846949

Get Book

Velvet Totalitarianism by Claudia Moscovici Pdf

This book introduces students and the general public to the post-Stalinist phase of totalitarianism, focusing on Romania under the Ceausescu dictatorship, through the dual optic of scholarship and fiction, in a story about a family surviving difficult times under a totalitarian regime due to the strength of their love.

Author : J. Kasper Kramer
Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534430693

Get Book

The Story That Cannot Be Told by J. Kasper Kramer Pdf

“By turns surprising, poetic, and stark, The Story That Cannot Be Told is one that should most certainly be read.” —Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee “A mesmerizing debut.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A powerful middle grade debut with three starred reviews that weaves together folklore and history to tell the story of a girl finding her voice and the strength to use it during the final months of the Communist regime in Romania in 1989. Ileana has always collected stories. Some are about the past, before the leader of her country tore down her home to make room for his golden palace; back when families had enough food, and the hot water worked on more than just Saturday nights. Others are folktales like the one she was named for, which her father used to tell her at bedtime. But some stories can get you in trouble, like the dangerous one criticizing Romania’s Communist government that Uncle Andrei published—right before he went missing. Fearing for her safety, Ileana’s parents send her to live with the grandparents she’s never met, far from the prying eyes and ears of the secret police and their spies, who could be any of the neighbors. But danger is never far away. Now, to save her family and the village she’s come to love, Ileana will have to tell the most important story of her life.

Author : Andrada Fâtu-Tutoveanu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Autobiography
ISBN : 1495503739

Get Book

Personal Narratives of Romanian Women During the Cold War (1945-1989) by Andrada Fâtu-Tutoveanu Pdf

"This book focuses on retracing the collective as well as individual feminine identities of Romanian women writers and intellectuals during the communist regime. The cases discussed are relevant both for their diverse narrative formulas and for their content and historical meanings"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Magda Carneci
Publisher : Deep Vellum Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781646050420

Get Book

FEM by Magda Carneci Pdf

This modern classic of global feminist literature, the only novel by one of Romania's most heralded poets, styled as a long letter addressed to the man who is about to leave her, a woman meanders through a cosmic retelling of her life from childhood to adulthood with visionary language and visceral, detail. Like a contemporary Scheherazade, she spins tales to hold him captivated, from the small incidents of their lives together to the intimate narrative of her relationship to womanhood. Through a dreamlike thread of strange images and passing characters, her stories invite the reader into a fantastical vision of love, loss, and femininity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : International relations
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121742790

Get Book

International Studies by Anonim Pdf