Power: Feminine Gender

The authors of this film, which resembles a TV collage, assert that matriarchy is the natural form of social organization in Ukraine, as women traditionally play a major role in villages, local government, and business. Unfortunately, the political history of the second half of the nineties - especi...

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Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Ukrainian
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:bac7ad45-7554-439f-a509-5963d73bab22
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Summary:The authors of this film, which resembles a TV collage, assert that matriarchy is the natural form of social organization in Ukraine, as women traditionally play a major role in villages, local government, and business. Unfortunately, the political history of the second half of the nineties - especially, election campaigns - leads us to a sad conclusion: "female" political projects are used by the ruling class to fake a semblance of European-style democracy and only serve to banish women to the periphery of political life. This film is part of the Gender Montage: Paradigms in Post Soviet Space film series. Nina Rudik, Vlad Gello