New Imaginaries: Youthful Reinvention of Ukraine´s Cultural Paradigm
Marian J. Rubchak (Ed.)
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Description for New Imaginaries: Youthful Reinvention of Ukraine´s Cultural Paradigm
Hardback. Editor(s): Rubchak, Marian J. Translator(s): Rubchak, Marian. Num Pages: 328 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Having been spared the constraints imposed upon intellectual discourse by the totalitarian regime of the past, young Ukrainian scholars now engage with many Western ideological theories and practices in an atmosphere of intellectual freedom and uncensored scholarship. In displacing the Soviet legacy of prescribed thought and practices, this volume's female contributors have infused their work with Western elements, although vestiges of Soviet-style ideas, research methodology and writing linger. The result is a paradigm articulating the New Imaginaries - neither Soviet nor Western - a unique approach to studying gender that offers a portrait of ... Read more
Having been spared the constraints imposed upon intellectual discourse by the totalitarian regime of the past, young Ukrainian scholars now engage with many Western ideological theories and practices in an atmosphere of intellectual freedom and uncensored scholarship. In displacing the Soviet legacy of prescribed thought and practices, this volume's female contributors have infused their work with Western elements, although vestiges of Soviet-style ideas, research methodology and writing linger. The result is a paradigm articulating the New Imaginaries - neither Soviet nor Western - a unique approach to studying gender that offers a portrait of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
644g
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782387640
SKU
V9781782387640
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99-15
About Marian J. Rubchak (Ed.)
Marian J. Rubchak is Senior Research Professor, Valparaiso University whose work focuses on reimagining Slavic identities in various contexts. She edited the collection Mapping Difference: The Many Faces of Women in Contemporary Ukraine (Berghahn 2011).
Reviews for New Imaginaries: Youthful Reinvention of Ukraine´s Cultural Paradigm
Instead of pointing out how 'different' Ukrainian feminism/gender studies/women's studies is from 'Western' (or other) feminisms, this volume has potential to contribute to our understanding of the exciting and complex ways that feminist thought travels, as one of the most important 'ideascapes' (a la Appadurai) of our time.
Sarah D. Phillips, Indiana University All ... Read more
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