This book illuminates and explores the representation of women in Soviet cinema from the late 1950s, through the 1960s, and into the 1970s, a period when Soviet

Kino and the Woman Question is a study of Soviet silent films in terms of their complex and often contradictory explorations of woman's position within socialis

The Soviet Union was the first country in the world to declare women equal to men. At the same time, cinema was emerging as the newest and most accessible form

This book illuminates and explores the representation of women in Soviet cinema from the late 1950s, through the 1960s, and into the 1970s, a period when Soviet

Given the transformation that gender relations were undergoing in the early stages of development, one area that was particularly problematic in Soviet cinema w