Tyurenkova  D.O.

IMAGE OF THE IDEAL WOMAN-CITIZEN OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IN THE WOMEN'S PRESS

Authors

Tyurenkova D.O.

Keywords:

GDR, gender studies, women's history, women's everyday life, Alltagsgeschichte, women's press, SED

Abstract

The article studies the specifics of broadcasting the norms that make up the image of the ideal woman-citizen of the GDR based on the materials of the women's press. The analysis of four women's magazines of the GDR (“Die Frau von heute”, “Für dich”, “Pramo”, “Sibylle”) has been carried out. On the basis of the analysis, the details of the “collective image” of the heroine of each of the reviewed publications were revealed from the following angles: the “sample” required by the state, the goals of editorial policy, the request of the readers themselves. The author identified the spheres of realization of women, the broadcast of normative behavior within which was carried out in the indicated women's magazines. The components of the image of an ideal woman-citizen of the GDR in the field of professional implementation and participation in the activities of public organizations, in the field of family relationships - marriage and motherhood, as well as in leisure practices are considered.

IMAGE OF THE IDEAL WOMAN-CITIZEN OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IN THE WOMEN'S PRESS