TY  - GEN
A1  - Romanova, Olga
T1  - Watching Soviet cinema today: "The Woman" (1932) by Yefim Dzigan and Boris Shreyber
T2  - ZfL Blog : Blog des Leibniz-Zentrums für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Berlin
N2  - Throughout the years of Belarusian independence, remnants from the Soviet Union have permeated the everyday lives of its citizens as well as the country's colloquial and political rhetoric, often thoroughly detached from their original cultural contexts, discourses, and imaginaries. But what can we learn from watching Soviet movies today? The movies in question bear complex meaning pertaining to different Soviet eras and transition periods. Through an informed viewing, we not only perceive the official agenda - be it political, ideological, or cultural - but also traces of social and political tensions, metaphors, and "clues" on historical reality. Historicizing these movies and understanding their initial cultural and social context as part of a sociocultural analysis of film allows to uncover implicit, often unintentional meanings inherent to this cinematic heritage. My analysis here will focus on the social drama "The Woman" ("Женщина"), a late masterpiece of Soviet avant-garde cinema directed by Yefim Dzigan and Boris Shreyber. Artistically and stylistically, this widely forgotten silent movie provides one of the most vivid and interesting pre-War filmic representations of collectivization and village life on Belarusian territory. Produced by Belgoskino, the first Belarusian state-run film studio, and released throughout the Soviet Union in the summer of 1932 through an all-Union distribution, "The Woman" portrays the difficulties of establishing life on a collective farm.
T3  - ZfL Blog : Blog des Leibniz-Zentrums für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Berlin - 26.08.2024 
KW  - Dzigan, Efim L.
KW  - Boris Shreyber
KW  - Женщина
KW  - Ženščina
KW  - Film
KW  - Sowjetunion
KW  - Geschlechterrolle <Motiv>
Y1  - 2024
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/86811
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-868113
UR  - https://www.zflprojekte.de/zfl-blog/2024/08/26/olga-ramanava-watching-soviet-cinema-today-the-woman-1932-by-yefim-dzigan-and-boris-shreyber/
SN  - 2748-5072
VL  - 2024
IS  - 26.08.2024
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
PB  - Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Berlin
CY  - Berlin
ER  -