{"id":173,"date":"2022-06-01T11:19:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/glare\/?p=173"},"modified":"2024-06-12T08:10:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:10:03","slug":"fadina-2016-fairytale-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/glare\/fadina-2016-fairytale-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Fadina (2016) Fairytale women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--?xml version=\"1.0\"?--><\/p>\n<div class=\"csl-bib-body\">\n<div>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Explores how constructions of femininity can be manipulated through the reshaping of the Russian national past i.e. folklore, using a mixture of qualitative and empirical analysis. Focuses on stereotypes of female characters and the normalization of domestic abuse. Covers the history and ideology behind Russian\/post-soviet animation, with a focus on women\u2019s place in it. Analyses four archetypes of female characters in animations adapted from Russian folklore &#8211; \u201cVed&#8217;mi\u201d (Those Who Know) \u2013 Witches, \u201cNevesti\u201d (Those Who Do not Know) \u2013 Brides, <span class=\"highlight\" data-annotation=\"%7B%22attachmentURI%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Fzotero.org%2Fgroups%2F4720215%2Fitems%2F32GDFKWK%22%2C%22pageLabel%22%3A%227%22%2C%22position%22%3A%7B%22pageIndex%22%3A6%2C%22rects%22%3A%5B%5B144%2C100.865%2C539.978%2C114.154%5D%2C%5B144%2C84.965%2C341.976%2C98.254%5D%5D%7D%2C%22citationItem%22%3A%7B%22uris%22%3A%5B%22http%3A%2F%2Fzotero.org%2Fgroups%2F4720215%2Fitems%2FI6VFWSNG%22%5D%2C%22locator%22%3A%227%22%2C%22itemData%22%3A%7B%22id%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Fzotero.org%2Fgroups%2F4720215%2Fitems%2FI6VFWSNG%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22thesis%22%2C%22abstract%22%3A%22Despite%20the%20volume%20of%20research%20into%20fairytales%2C%20gender%20and%20ideology%20in%20media%20studies%2C%20the%20specific%20subject%20of%20animated%20adaptations%20of%20national%20fairytales%20and%20their%20role%20in%20constructing%20gender%20identities%20remains%20a%20blind%20spot%20at%20least%20in%20relation%20to%20non-Western%20and%20non-Hollywood%20animation.%20This%20study%20addresses%20the%20gap%20by%20analysing%20animated%20adaptations%20of%20Russian%20national%20fairytales%20in%20Soviet%20and%20post-Soviet%20cinema%20and%20television.%20It%20does%20so%20as%20a%20tool%20through%20which%20to%20approach%20the%20gender%20politics%20of%20the%20dominant%20ideologies%20in%20national%20cinema%20and%20also%2C%20though%20to%20a%20lesser%20extent%2C%20in%20television.%20One%20of%20the%20key%20perspectives%20this%20research%20adopts%20concerns%20the%20reorganization%20of%20the%20myths%20of%20femininity%2C%20as%20stored%20in%20%E2%80%98national%20memory%E2%80%99%20and%20transferred%20through%20the%20material%20of%20national%20fairytales%20produced%20during%20a%20century-long%20period.%20By%20providing%20a%20detailed%20critical%20treatment%20of%20animated%20adaptations%20of%20Russian%20magic%20fairytales%2C%20this%20research%20examines%20the%20interaction%20between%20the%20cinematic%20versions%20of%20the%20national%20fairytales%20and%20the%20representation%20of%20female%20characters%20on%20screen.%20It%20draws%20on%20a%20range%20of%20feminist%20theoretical%20approaches%20on%20media%20representation.%20By%20performing%20a%20systematic%20study%20of%20the%20under-researched%20field%2C%20through%20a%20combination%20of%20qualitative%20and%20empirical%20analysis%2C%20the%20work%20demonstrates%20how%20totalitarian%20regimes%20and%20new%20democratic%20societies%20implicitly%20control%20gender%20constructions%20in%20similar%20ways%2C%20and%20specifically%20through%20the%20animated%20versions%20of%20national%20fairytale%20adaptations.%20The%20research%20identifies%20how%20the%20constructions%20of%20femininity%20are%20manipulated%20through%20the%20reshaping%20of%20the%20national%20past%20coded%20in%20the%20ancient%20folkloric%20narratives.%20The%20findings%20of%20the%20study%20reveal%20the%20principles%20on%20which%20the%20implicit%20patriarchal%20gender%20politics%20is%20based.%20These%20principles%20include%20the%20conservative%20choice%20of%20fairytale%20material%20adapted%20to%20the%20screen%2C%20the%20reactionary%20increase%20of%20production%20of%20animated%20fairytales%20targeted%20against%20liberalisation%2C%20the%20exclusion%20and%20reconstruction%20of%20strong%20matriarchal%20fairytale%20female%20characters%2C%20stereotypical%20representation%20of%20selected%20female%20characters%2C%20and%20normalisation%20of%20domestic%20violence.%20In%20so%20doing%20the%20study%20identifies%20a%20weakness%20in%20the%20existing%20scholarly%20discourse%20on%20ideology%2C%20which%20traditionally%20has%20claimed%20that%20Soviet%20animation%20was%20non-violent.%20Further%2C%20the%20study%20establishes%20the%20constructions%20of%20national%20memory%20and%20female%20identity%20as%20a%20part%20of%20the%20dominant%20cinematic%20discourses.%22%2C%22event-place%22%3A%22Luton%2C%20United%20Kingdom%22%2C%22genre%22%3A%22Ph.D.%22%2C%22language%22%3A%22en%22%2C%22number-of-pages%22%3A%22368%22%2C%22publisher%22%3A%22University%20of%20Bedfordshire%22%2C%22publisher-place%22%3A%22Luton%2C%20United%20Kingdom%22%2C%22source%22%3A%22uobrep.openrepository.com%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Fairytale%20women%3A%20gender%20politics%20in%20Soviet%20and%20post-Soviet%20animated%20adaptations%20of%20Russian%20national%20fairytales%22%2C%22title-short%22%3A%22Fairytale%20women%22%2C%22URL%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fuobrep.openrepository.com%2Fhandle%2F10547%2F603530%22%2C%22author%22%3A%5B%7B%22family%22%3A%22Fadina%22%2C%22given%22%3A%22Nadezda%22%7D%5D%2C%22accessed%22%3A%7B%22date-parts%22%3A%5B%5B%222022%22%2C7%2C2%5D%5D%7D%2C%22issued%22%3A%7B%22date-parts%22%3A%5B%5B%222016%22%2C1%5D%5D%7D%7D%7D%7D\">\u201cPo Schuchemu Veleniu\u201d (As the Pike Orders) and \u201cTsarevna Lyagushka\u201d (The Frog Princess)\u201d<\/span>. This thesis would be useful for those interested in the impact of political systems on animation, as well as Russian gender roles and representations.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"csl-entry\">Fadina, N. (2016). <i>Fairytale women: gender politics in Soviet and post-Soviet animated adaptations of Russian national fairytales<\/i> [Doctoral dissertation, University of Bedfordshire]. University of Bedfordshire Repository. <a href=\"https:\/\/uobrep.openrepository.com\/handle\/10547\/603530\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/34wt9pb3<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explores how constructions of femininity can be manipulated through the reshaping of the Russian national past i.e. folklore, using a mixture of qualitative and empirical analysis. Focuses on stereotypes of female characters and the normalization of domestic abuse. Covers the history and ideology behind Russian\/post-soviet animation, with a focus on women\u2019s place in it. 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