The first wave of feminism in Russia and the USA: the reflection of social issues in the media discourse
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https://doi.org/10.47475/2070-0695-2022-10410Keywords:
media discourse, communication technologies, social status of women, feminism, suffragettes, women's issue, gender issuesAbstract
The article is devoted to the study of public discourses about the social status of women in the media space of Russia and the USA in the late 19th – early 20th centuries. The text analyzes the media that disseminated the ideas of the so-called first wave of feminism, the purpose of which was to obtain the status of a citizen and suffrage for a woman. The authors study mediums of suffragettes who represented feminism in the USA and of so-called “ravnopravki” who were raising the "women's issue" in Russia, using the methodology of discourse analysis and a comparative approach. Authors highlight the main ideas of the media discourse of the feminists of the two countries, analyze the similarities and differences between the women's movement in Russia and the United States. The article offers an up-to-date look at the reflection of the first wave of feminism in the media discourse of the two major powers and notes the similarity between the position and demands of feminists in Russia and the United States, despite the differences in the socio-political situation in these countries within the specified time frame.
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