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Book SynopsisBy writing of Ukrainian national identity from a woman-centered perspective, female authors from the last Soviet generation established themselves as authoritative critics of their culture and paved the way to visibility and success for their younger female literary peers.
Trade Review"Ukrainian Women Writers offers a valuable contribution to the study of post-Soviet Ukrainian literature. However limited in scope (focusing only on the visimdesiatnyky), it presents exceptionally engaging readings of some of the most significant works produced at the turn of the twenty-first century." -- Maria G. Rewakowicz *
Slavic Review, Vol. 80, No. 1 *
"The monograph is well contextualized and informative. It is rich in factual material and provides important historical and biographical explanations useful for those who are not familiar with Ukrainian history and literary tradition." -- Tetyana Dzyadevych, New College of Florida *
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Women, Literature, and the National Imaginary in (Post)colonial Ukraine 1. On the Invisibility of Ukrainian Women’s Writing in the Soviet Empire 2. How Can a Ukrainian Woman Write? 3. Voicing the Self: The First Ukrainian Bestseller by a Woman Writer 4. Rewriting the Nation: National Narratives by Maria Matios and Ievheniia Kononenko 5. Excavating the (Gendered) Nation: Oksana Zabuzhko’s Museum-Novel 6. New National Chronicles: Women (Writers) on the Euromaidan Conclusion Bibliography
