The (Un)making of a Man
Aleksandr Aleksandrov/Nadezhda Durova
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4753540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth Averbach (Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 976-993 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/slr.2023.8 |
| OpenAlex | W4376486636 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Aleksandr Aleksandrov, more commonly known under his feminine birthname Nadezhda Durova, is commonly portrayed one of Russian literature's most curious figures. Born female, Aleksandrov-Durova lived, dressed, and identified as male for most of his life, served in the Russian military during the Napoleonic Wars, given a legally-binding name change by Tsar Alexander I in recognition of combat heroism, and became a popular memoirist and fiction writer. My paper seeks to challenge and reevaluate the dominant narrative of Nadezhda Durova-that she was a woman who joined the army out of a sense of patriotism-by focusing instead on the fact that the author's narrative of masculine self has been subverted by publishers and scholars projecting their own interpretations on Aleksandrov's masculinity
Art · Literature · Masculinity · Narrative · Patriotism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law · Soviet and Russian History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |