Katharina Wiedlack
Biographic Data
| ID | 1258007 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharina Wiedlack |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharina |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiedlack |
| SIGNATURE | WIEDLACK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9236-8819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Jessica Zychowicz, Superfluous Women. Art, Feminism, and Revolution in Twenty-First-Century Ukraine
The Romanovs on Contemporary American TV: Nostalgia for White Imperialism
This article analyzes the Netflix six-part docudrama The Last Czars as well as the Amazon Prime anthology drama The Romanoffs for its representations of Russian imperial history and its heritage. Using an intersectional lens, it utilizes a close watching of the TV shows to identify a nostalgia for Russia's imperial legacy as core element of both series. Embedding the findings within popular culture, the analysis further shows that the nostalgic d…
In/Visibility and the (post-soviet) 'queer closet
This article discusses in/visibility regarding sexual identities, the ‘gay closet’, and ‘coming-out’ within the post-soviet context from a queer feminist perspective. Contemporary western-oriented global queer political culture favours individualized visual representation to fight for social acceptance. In many post-soviet and western contexts, however, LGBTIQ+ visibility is increasingly threatened. Accordingly, many choose strategies to sustain …
Ballerina with PTSD: Imagining Russia in contemporary Black Widow comics
This article offers a visual discourse analysis of the Marvel comic superheroine Black Widow in the 2010 miniseries Black Widow–Deadly Origins, the 2016 Black Widow–S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted series and issues 103 and 104 of Tales of Suspense from2018. Focusing on issues of gender and cultural representation, it identifies the Widow as a figuration of Russia through the tropes of the ballerina and the trauma patient. It shows how the comic books …
Tanja Thomas / Ulla Wischermann: Feministische Theorie und Kritische Medienkulturanalyse
Queering Paradigms VIII: Queer-Feminist Solidarity and the East/West Divide
A feminist becoming? Louise Thompson Patterson’s and Dorothy West’s sojourn in the Soviet Union
This article follows the socialist activist Louise Thompson (later Patterson) and the writer Dorothy West on their infamous journey to Soviet Russia to shoot a film about North American anti-Black racism in 1932. The film about the US history of racial oppression was ultimately never made, but the women stayed in the Soviet Union for several months, travelling to the Soviet republics, meeting famous Soviets, and experiencing Soviet modernization.…
Enemy number one or gay clown? The Russian president, masculinity and populism in US media
In this article I analyze the recurring representations of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin in US liberal online news media and in political comedy 2013–2019. I take a closer look at these representations in terms of their types, political aims and effects, using critical image and discourse analysis. Arguably, the depictions of Putin focus on his masculinity, thereby rendering the Russian president Other, as backwards, undemocratic, and as a th…
In/visibly different: Melania Trump and the othering of Eastern European women in US culture
This article offers a "feminist critical discourse analysis" of the Saturday Night Live sketch "Melanianade." It argues that the comical video reinforces and essentializes negative stereotypes of Eastern European women to depict Melania Trump, seeking to delegitimize white hegemonic masculinity and female complicity. The fictitious Melania Trump's appearance needs to be understood in her co-construction with her white hegemonic husband and otherw…
Crip Notes on the Idea of Development
Dangerous and Moving? Disability, Russian Popular Culture and North/Western Hegemony
This article analyses the 2005 video clip and the song Люди Инвалиды (‘Lyudi Invalidy’, literally translated as ‘disabled people’ in English) of the pop duo t.A.T.u. Through an analysis of the song and the video and public and activists’ reactions to it within Russia, the authors seek to contribute to the existing discussions on the notions of инвалидность (‘invalidnost’’, the Russian term for disability) in the context of post-soviet Russia and …
Seeing 'Red' (Orange Is the New Black) - Russian Women, US Homonationalism and New Cold War Cultures
This article investigates visual, bodily, and cultural representations of Russian women in public media and takes the TV character 'Red' from the popular American TV show Orange Is the New Black (OITNB) as an example. The central points of discussion are the figure's racialisation and culturalisation. This article analyses how Red's body, mindset, and character are produced as Russian against the background of contemporary new Cold War discourses…
Pussy Riot and the Western Gaze: Punk Music, Solidarity and the Production of Similarity and Difference
The article investigates the relationship between the Russian performance and media art group Pussy Riot and the US-based Riot Grrrl movement. It analyzes the references made between the contemporary Russian group and the US past made in newspaper as well as through solidarity activities by activists, musicians, journalists, politicians, and academic analysts. It argues that the characterization of Pussy Riot as feminist punks or Riot Grrrls with…
Lost in Translation? Pussy Riot Solidary Activism and the danger of perpetuating North/Western Hegemonies
This article critically discusses solidarity actions in support of Pussy Riot within the global North/West, arguing that most solidarity projects within popular culture as well as within the queer-feminist counterculture are based on a lopsided interpretation of Pussy Riot as Russian version of Riot Grrrl feminists. This one-dimensional interpretation of the performance art group as Riot Grrrl-identities further leads to labelling their performan…
Lost in Translation? Pussy Riot Solidarity Activism and the Danger of Perpetuating North/Western Hegemonies
This article critically discusses solidarity actions in support of Pussy Riot within the global North/West, arguing that most solidarity projects within popular culture as well as within the queer-feminist counterculture are based on a lopsided interpretation of Pussy Riot as Russian version of Riot Grrrl feminists. This onedimensional interpretation of the performance art group as Riot Grrrl-identities further leads to labelling their performanc…
Pussy Riot and the Western Gaze: Punk Music, Solidarity and the Production of Similarity and Difference
The article investigates the relationship between the Russian performance and media art group Pussy Riot and the US-based Riot Grrrl movement. It analyzes the references made between the contemporary Russian group and the US past made in newspaper as well as through solidarity activities by activists, musicians, journalists, politicians, and academic analysts. It argues that the characterization of Pussy Riot as feminist punks or Riot Grrrls with…
Enemy number one or gay clown? The Russian president, masculinity and populism in US media
In this article I analyze the recurring representations of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin in US liberal online news media and in political comedy 2013–2019. I take a closer look at these representations in terms of their types, political aims and effects, using critical image and discourse analysis. Arguably, the depictions of Putin focus on his masculinity, thereby rendering the Russian president Other, as backwards, undemocratic, and as a th…
Crip Notes on the Idea of Development
Dangerous and Moving? Disability, Russian Popular Culture and North/Western Hegemony
This article analyses the 2005 video clip and the song Люди Инвалиды (‘Lyudi Invalidy’, literally translated as ‘disabled people’ in English) of the pop duo t.A.T.u. Through an analysis of the song and the video and public and activists’ reactions to it within Russia, the authors seek to contribute to the existing discussions on the notions of инвалидность (‘invalidnost’’, the Russian term for disability) in the context of post-soviet Russia and …
In/Visibility and the (post-soviet) 'queer closet
This article discusses in/visibility regarding sexual identities, the ‘gay closet’, and ‘coming-out’ within the post-soviet context from a queer feminist perspective. Contemporary western-oriented global queer political culture favours individualized visual representation to fight for social acceptance. In many post-soviet and western contexts, however, LGBTIQ+ visibility is increasingly threatened. Accordingly, many choose strategies to sustain …
In/visibly different: Melania Trump and the othering of Eastern European women in US culture
This article offers a "feminist critical discourse analysis" of the Saturday Night Live sketch "Melanianade." It argues that the comical video reinforces and essentializes negative stereotypes of Eastern European women to depict Melania Trump, seeking to delegitimize white hegemonic masculinity and female complicity. The fictitious Melania Trump's appearance needs to be understood in her co-construction with her white hegemonic husband and otherw…
Seeing 'Red' (Orange Is the New Black) - Russian Women, US Homonationalism and New Cold War Cultures
This article investigates visual, bodily, and cultural representations of Russian women in public media and takes the TV character 'Red' from the popular American TV show Orange Is the New Black (OITNB) as an example. The central points of discussion are the figure's racialisation and culturalisation. This article analyses how Red's body, mindset, and character are produced as Russian against the background of contemporary new Cold War discourses…
Lost in Translation? Pussy Riot Solidary Activism and the danger of perpetuating North/Western Hegemonies
This article critically discusses solidarity actions in support of Pussy Riot within the global North/West, arguing that most solidarity projects within popular culture as well as within the queer-feminist counterculture are based on a lopsided interpretation of Pussy Riot as Russian version of Riot Grrrl feminists. This one-dimensional interpretation of the performance art group as Riot Grrrl-identities further leads to labelling their performan…
Lost in Translation? Pussy Riot Solidary Activism and the danger of perpetuating North/Western Hegemonies
This article critically discusses solidarity actions in support of Pussy Riot within the global North/West, arguing that most solidarity projects within popular culture as well as within the queer-feminist counterculture are based on a lopsided interpretation of Pussy Riot as Russian version of Riot Grrrl feminists. This one-dimensional interpretation of the performance art group as Riot Grrrl-identities further leads to labelling their performan…
Lost in Translation? Pussy Riot Solidarity Activism and the Danger of Perpetuating North/Western Hegemonies
This article critically discusses solidarity actions in support of Pussy Riot within the global North/West, arguing that most solidarity projects within popular culture as well as within the queer-feminist counterculture are based on a lopsided interpretation of Pussy Riot as Russian version of Riot Grrrl feminists. This onedimensional interpretation of the performance art group as Riot Grrrl-identities further leads to labelling their performanc…
Pussy Riot and the Western Gaze: Punk Music, Solidarity and the Production of Similarity and Difference
The article investigates the relationship between the Russian performance and media art group Pussy Riot and the US-based Riot Grrrl movement. It analyzes the references made between the contemporary Russian group and the US past made in newspaper as well as through solidarity activities by activists, musicians, journalists, politicians, and academic analysts. It argues that the characterization of Pussy Riot as feminist punks or Riot Grrrls with…
Crip Notes on the Idea of Development
Dangerous and Moving? Disability, Russian Popular Culture and North/Western Hegemony
This article analyses the 2005 video clip and the song Люди Инвалиды (‘Lyudi Invalidy’, literally translated as ‘disabled people’ in English) of the pop duo t.A.T.u. Through an analysis of the song and the video and public and activists’ reactions to it within Russia, the authors seek to contribute to the existing discussions on the notions of инвалидность (‘invalidnost’’, the Russian term for disability) in the context of post-soviet Russia and …
Seeing 'Red' (Orange Is the New Black) - Russian Women, US Homonationalism and New Cold War Cultures
This article investigates visual, bodily, and cultural representations of Russian women in public media and takes the TV character 'Red' from the popular American TV show Orange Is the New Black (OITNB) as an example. The central points of discussion are the figure's racialisation and culturalisation. This article analyses how Red's body, mindset, and character are produced as Russian against the background of contemporary new Cold War discourses…
In/visibly different: Melania Trump and the othering of Eastern European women in US culture
This article offers a "feminist critical discourse analysis" of the Saturday Night Live sketch "Melanianade." It argues that the comical video reinforces and essentializes negative stereotypes of Eastern European women to depict Melania Trump, seeking to delegitimize white hegemonic masculinity and female complicity. The fictitious Melania Trump's appearance needs to be understood in her co-construction with her white hegemonic husband and otherw…
Queering Paradigms VIII: Queer-Feminist Solidarity and the East/West Divide
A feminist becoming? Louise Thompson Patterson’s and Dorothy West’s sojourn in the Soviet Union
This article follows the socialist activist Louise Thompson (later Patterson) and the writer Dorothy West on their infamous journey to Soviet Russia to shoot a film about North American anti-Black racism in 1932. The film about the US history of racial oppression was ultimately never made, but the women stayed in the Soviet Union for several months, travelling to the Soviet republics, meeting famous Soviets, and experiencing Soviet modernization.…
Enemy number one or gay clown? The Russian president, masculinity and populism in US media
In this article I analyze the recurring representations of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin in US liberal online news media and in political comedy 2013–2019. I take a closer look at these representations in terms of their types, political aims and effects, using critical image and discourse analysis. Arguably, the depictions of Putin focus on his masculinity, thereby rendering the Russian president Other, as backwards, undemocratic, and as a th…
Ballerina with PTSD: Imagining Russia in contemporary Black Widow comics
This article offers a visual discourse analysis of the Marvel comic superheroine Black Widow in the 2010 miniseries Black Widow–Deadly Origins, the 2016 Black Widow–S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted series and issues 103 and 104 of Tales of Suspense from2018. Focusing on issues of gender and cultural representation, it identifies the Widow as a figuration of Russia through the tropes of the ballerina and the trauma patient. It shows how the comic books …
Tanja Thomas / Ulla Wischermann: Feministische Theorie und Kritische Medienkulturanalyse
In/Visibility and the (post-soviet) 'queer closet
This article discusses in/visibility regarding sexual identities, the ‘gay closet’, and ‘coming-out’ within the post-soviet context from a queer feminist perspective. Contemporary western-oriented global queer political culture favours individualized visual representation to fight for social acceptance. In many post-soviet and western contexts, however, LGBTIQ+ visibility is increasingly threatened. Accordingly, many choose strategies to sustain …
Jessica Zychowicz, Superfluous Women. Art, Feminism, and Revolution in Twenty-First-Century Ukraine
The Romanovs on Contemporary American TV: Nostalgia for White Imperialism
This article analyzes the Netflix six-part docudrama The Last Czars as well as the Amazon Prime anthology drama The Romanoffs for its representations of Russian imperial history and its heritage. Using an intersectional lens, it utilizes a close watching of the TV shows to identify a nostalgia for Russia's imperial legacy as core element of both series. Embedding the findings within popular culture, the analysis further shows that the nostalgic d…
Sociology (10 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · History (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Art (4 works)