Comrade First, Baba Second
Comrade First, Baba Second
State Violence against Women in Communist Romania
Author(s): Luciana-Marioara JingaSubject(s): History, Special Historiographies:, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Zeta Books
Keywords: Romania; communist regime; spousal violence; symbolic violence; Patriarchy
Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the manifestations of structural and symbolic violence against women during the communist regime by addressing the most important mechanisms and embedded beliefs that allowed the proliferation of spousal violence in communist Romania, in what I see as a continuation of the interwar patriarchal state, and a bridge to the new discriminatory policies developed by the democratic structures, after 1990.
Journal: History of Communism in Europe
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 63-86
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English
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