FEMININITY AND ELEGANCE IN ROMANIAN COMMUNISM (1945-1989)
FEMININITY AND ELEGANCE IN ROMANIAN COMMUNISM (1945-1989)
Author(s): Nina-Florentina CristeaSubject(s): Gender Studies, Media studies, Social history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Fashion; policy; communist regime; women’s magazines; female typologies;
Summary/Abstract: Elegance, fashion, design and other female activities were subjected to different pressures, desires and possibilities during communism. To be a woman in those times was a challenge, and with all the pressure, you also had to keep your femininity and elegance. Fashion and activities related to this sphere took various forms depending on the period and depending on the models that stood out at that time. It is easy to observe differences between the ᾿50s, the ᾿60s and the first part of the ᾿70s, or the ᾽80s. The research is based on interviews, archival documents and the bibliography available at this moment, beyond what was officially presented in the communist period. The hypothesis is that during the communist period, despite the template officially drawn by the communist party, women managed to keep their elegance and, by certain means, avoided the rigid pattern of the party.
Journal: Revue Roumaine d’Histoire / Romanian Journal of History
- Issue Year: LXIII/2024
- Issue No: 1-4
- Page Range: 137-147
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
