Comparative Analysis of Western-European, American and Ukrainian

ISBN-13: 9783639176667 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 116 str.

Antonina Lukenchuk

Opis

This research focuses on the concepts of femalefreedom, independence, liberty, and a feminine idealwithin Western-European, American, and Ukrainiantraditions. The study explores the works of Friedan,Elshtain, Steinem, de Beauvoir, Kobrynska,Kobylianska, and Ukrainka. While Westernwomen-centered thinkers prioritized economic, social,and political issues with regard to womans positionin the public and private realms, Ukrainian femalewriters, in contrast, drew extensively from theirnational stories, ancient and modern. Christianityand spiritual ideals had a much stronger influence onUkrainian writers than political or economictheories. "Feminists despite themselves," theseUkrainian authors embodied the characters that theycreated in their radical and transformational beliefsand actions. Both traditions share similar concernswith the dilemmas facing contemporary women in theirrespective societies. Common dangers and coststhreaten womans full liberation under a globalmarket economy where male privilege remainsentrenched. Without full participation of women indecision-making processes, democracy for women can beeroded in the West and stifled in Ukraine.

O autorze

Antonina Lukenchuk is an Assistant Professor at National-Louis
University, USA. She teaches graduate courses in foundations of
education and research. Her interests are in phenomenology,
hermeneutics, critical discourse analysis, mythology, and
service-learning. She enjoys music, martial and other performing
arts.