Some Aspects of the Image of a Soviet Latvian Woman in Latvian Prose in the 1960s and 1970s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6158760 |
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| Authors | Sigita Kušnere (University of Latvia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Issue | 52 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Letonica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1407-3110 • E-ISSN: 2592-9453 |
| Publisher | Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.35539/ltnc.2023.0052.08 |
| OpenAlex | W4391011990 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
In the era of late socialism, literary works played an important role in shaping public behavior models, controlling culture, and influencing social interactions.Additionally, literature contributed to the dissemination of the principles of the "socialist way of life".In this context, Latvian literature helped Soviet institutional authorities to construct the ideal image of a socialist woman.This female ideal played a crucial role in popularizing socialist ideas among Latvians and supporting the efforts of the Communist Party to reorient the competition with the West.Unable to compete on the level of material living conditions, the Soviet Union prioritized hard-to-measure concepts -moral, ethics, and personal and emotional values.In their writings of the 1960s and 1970s, Latvian authors portrayed a modern woman's image, encouraging the readers to contemplate a woman's social role, lifestyle, education, career, etc.While the female images created by writers served as a paragon of the ideal Soviet woman, the literary works also provide a rather honest description of the Soviet reality where material values were also important.The literary texts show the complicated socioeconomic conditions of the time, such as poverty, lack of career possibilities, and the constant government surveillance. KopsavilkumsVēlīnā sociālisma laikmetā literārajiem darbiem bija būtiska loma sabiedrības uzvedības modeļa veidošanā, kultūras un sociālās prakses vadīšanā, kā arī sociālās mijiedarbības ietekmēšanā.Literatūra bija arī daļa no "sociālistiskā dzīvesveida" komunicēšanas procesa.Šajā kontekstā latviešu literatūra palīdzēja padomju institu cionālajām varas iestādēm izplatīt priekšstatus par sociālistiskās sievietes ideālo tēlu, kas savā ziņā kļuva par sabiedroto sociālisma ideju īstenošanā latviešu ikdienas dzīvē, atbalstot komunistiskās partijas centienus pārorientēt konkurenci ar Rietumiem.Nespē jot konkurēt dzīves līmeņa ziņā, Padomju Savienība par prioritāru izvirzīja konkurenci grūti izmērāmu konceptu -morāles, ētikas, personisko un emocionālo vērtību -jomā
Image (mathematics · Latvian · Linguistics · Computer Science · European Cultural and National Identity · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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