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28 April 2015

Girlhood Studies An Interdisciplinary Journal. Special Issue: "Girlhood Studies in Post-Socialist Times"

Girlhood Studies An Interdisciplinary Journal (Volume 8, Number 1 ). Special Issue: «Girlhood Studies in Post-Socialist Times» edited by Olga Zdravomyslova and Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova
 
 
Editor-in-Chief of  Girlhood Studies An Interdisciplinary Journal,  Claudia Mitchell ( McGill University) writes: “ This conference was a momentous event, attended by Mr. Gorbachev himself, that brought together scholars  from various Russian universities and institutions to consider what Girlhood Studies  as an  interdisciplinary area of feminist scholarship could look like".
 

CONTENTS 

Volume 8, Number 1 * Spring 2015

 
Special Issue: Girlhood Studies in Post-Sociatist Times
Edited by Olga Zdravomyslova and Elena Larskaia-Smirnova
 
Editorial
International Collaboration and the Spread of Cirlhood Sfudies
Claudia Mitchell                                                                                                                        
 
Introduction
Girlhood Studies in Post-Socialist Times
Olga Zdravomyslova and Elena Larskaia-Smirnova                                                        
 
Articles
Bodies in Transition: Girlhoods in Post-Communist Baikan Cinema                       
Ana Bento-Ribeiro
 
The Construction of Girls' Femininity through the Ukrainian
TV Show The Queen of the ball                                                                                           
Tetiana Bulakh
 
A Proper Dress Length for Little Girls? Soviet Taste, Girls' Innocence,
and Children's Fashion in Contemporary Russia                                                           
Olga Boitsova and Elena Mishanova
 
Fictional Girls in Transition during Perestroika                                                                
Judith Inggs
 
Organizing Girls' Groups for a Better Future: Local and
Global Challenges and Solutions                                                                                  
Yulia Cradskova
 
Mapping Motherhood: Girls as Mothers in Contemporary Russia                                
Nadya Narfova
 
Between Us Girls: On Girls' Interpretations of Sexuaiity                                                  
Elena Omelchenko
 
"Fighting is Not Pretty": Interpreting the Experience of
Seif-Defense in Girls'Fights                                                                                               
Flvira Arif