‘Glory to the Heroes? Gender, Nationalism and Memory’

TY - CHAP

T1 - ‘Glory to the Heroes? Gender, Nationalism and Memory’

AU - Khromeychuk, Olesya

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - The chapter will examine the role of gender in remembering the nationalist movement of the 1930s-50s in contemporary Ukraine. It will discuss how Ukrainian nationalist women are represented, remembered or forgotten. Analysing gender dynamics in the nationalist underground, and how it is reflected in later representations, tells us much about the ideology of nationalism, the discrepancy between theoretical ideals and the practical involvement of women and men in the movement, and the impact political conflicts have on the way gender is perceived by society. The paper will argue that, on the one hand, war itself allows negotiations of gender distinctions, and yet, on the other, the process of remembering and commemorating war produces the type of cultural encoding of experience that reinforces traditional gender roles. The paper will trace the developments in memory politics in post-Maidan Ukraine, paying particular attention to the work of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. The paper will argue that the question of representation of nationalist women has a direct relevance to the shaping of contemporary Ukrainian society.

AB - The chapter will examine the role of gender in remembering the nationalist movement of the 1930s-50s in contemporary Ukraine. It will discuss how Ukrainian nationalist women are represented, remembered or forgotten. Analysing gender dynamics in the nationalist underground, and how it is reflected in later representations, tells us much about the ideology of nationalism, the discrepancy between theoretical ideals and the practical involvement of women and men in the movement, and the impact political conflicts have on the way gender is perceived by society. The paper will argue that, on the one hand, war itself allows negotiations of gender distinctions, and yet, on the other, the process of remembering and commemorating war produces the type of cultural encoding of experience that reinforces traditional gender roles. The paper will trace the developments in memory politics in post-Maidan Ukraine, paying particular attention to the work of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. The paper will argue that the question of representation of nationalist women has a direct relevance to the shaping of contemporary Ukrainian society.

M3 - Chapter

BT - The Burden of the Past: History, Memory and Identity in Contemporary Ukraine

A2 - Głowacka-Grajper , Małgorzata

A2 - Wylegała , Anna

PB - Indiana University Press

ER -