Pat Simpson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3595817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pat Simpson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pat |
| FAMILY NAME | Simpson |
| SIGNATURE | SIMPSON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hertfordshire |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Letters
A Cold War curiosity
memorial museum at Down House in Kent acquired a collection of Soviet paintings, sculptures and photographic albums
Liberation and Containment
In July 1944 cross-country races and parades of physical culturists were prominently used to celebrate Soviet liberation from German occupation. While journalistic accounts stressed the manly health and vigour of the victorious Red Army, press photographs in Pravda and Red Sport, and Aleksandr Deneika's monumental painting 'Liberation', emphasised images of the young female physical culturist. This essay explores what a contextualised analysis of…
Parading Myths
On the Margins of Discourse? Visions of New Soviet Woman in Socialist Realistic Painting 1949–50
This paper questions the marginalization of representations of women implied by the emphasis on New Man as signifier of Soviet identity in critical revisions of the Socialist Realist canon 1949–50. The approach, partly informed by feminist critical theory and pluralist, rather than totalitarian, models of Stalinist power, also engages critically with marginalizing tendencies in some recent histories. It suggests the existence of a significant dis…
On the Margins of Discourse? Visions of New Soviet Woman in Socialist Realistic Painting 1949–50
This paper questions the marginalization of representations of women implied by the emphasis on New Man as signifier of Soviet identity in critical revisions of the Socialist Realist canon 1949–50. The approach, partly informed by feminist critical theory and pluralist, rather than totalitarian, models of Stalinist power, also engages critically with marginalizing tendencies in some recent histories. It suggests the existence of a significant dis…
Parading Myths
Liberation and Containment
In July 1944 cross-country races and parades of physical culturists were prominently used to celebrate Soviet liberation from German occupation. While journalistic accounts stressed the manly health and vigour of the victorious Red Army, press photographs in Pravda and Red Sport, and Aleksandr Deneika's monumental painting 'Liberation', emphasised images of the young female physical culturist. This essay explores what a contextualised analysis of…
A Cold War curiosity
memorial museum at Down House in Kent acquired a collection of Soviet paintings, sculptures and photographic albums
Letters
History (5 works) · Art history (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Painting (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)