Re: ealy 20th-C Russian women
Mary Jo Powell (mpowell who-is-at sedl.org)
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 13:32:50 -0500
>just to re-iterate a point - where are the women? where are the women??
>how can a theory that belongs to the worlds of such a particular elite
>possibly address actual society? whither hybridized theory?
>
>during the early 1920s Russia, the avante garde (art)
>were all involved in re-conceptualizing Russia and Russian culture,
>and women intellectuals were busy working with women's labour unions and
>women peasants to understand the life of the people, recognizing how
>gender played a role in culture and how culture played a role in organizing
>gender. (see Isaak 1996, _Feminism & Contemporary Art_)
Don't forget that the U.S. Progressive movement was not a male-only affair
either. Women were among the prime movers in many of the causes and ideas
connected with John Dewey.
mary jo powell
<mpowell who-is-at sedl.org>
Austin TX