This article explores the development of girl characters in works for children and young adults during Perestroika. First, it examines established heroines from the Soviet era, such as Elli in Volkov's Volshebnik izumrudnogo goroda [The wizard of the emerald city], and then goes on to examine the depiction of female protagonists and characters in works written during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The conclusion is that although there was a clear demand for new heroines and a new role model for girls, writers did not succeed in providing strong, independent female characters with a sense of agency. Instead, the Soviet preference for male protagonists continued, with females often being portrayed stereotypically as weak and ineffectual.
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Becoming an adult
Negotiation of identities in Markovo village (Chukotka)
Marina Hakkarainen
This article examines the attitudes of the indigenous people in Markovo, Chukotka, to their tradition and traditional knowledge as it relates to their becoming adult members in the community. Within the local cosmological system the opposition between the elders, who are considered as possessors of special knowledge, and the youngsters, who are seen as lacking it, creates certain tensions and determines the dynamics of individual development. A person who has entered her or his adulthood should accumulate special knowledge and power. In doing so, young adults begin to overcome the oppositional relationship between elders and youngsters. Markovo villagers associate such special knowledge and power with tradition. However, modern ways of life have become the dominant frame of reference, thus the position of youngsters toward tradition is not self-evident. They feel the need to negotiate their place in the community and their indigenous identity. Discussions about tradition play an important role in their attempts at attaining a local identity.
Revisiting Existential Marxism
A Reply to Alfred Betschart
Ronald Aronson
effort to see how the historical world shaped the individual development and choices of Gustave Flaubert and his contemporaries. Contrary to Alfred's astonishment, I see the third volume of The Family Idiot as a profound if incomplete effort to
Jennifer Dodge, Richard Holtzman, Merlijn van Hulst, and Dvora Yanow
a context for individual development and learning. An invitation We came to this roundtable discussion with more questions than answers, along with a willingness to reflect on our own challenges in the classroom, an eagerness to hear about
Individualization and Ethnopedagogy at Small Elementary Schools
Components of Vocational Training for University Tutors
Nikolai Neustroev, Anna Neustroeva, Tuyaara Shergina, and Jenanne K. Ferguson
distance learning technology for direct work with students. The tutor takes responsibility for the pedagogical support of students on an individual development program. The knowledge and mobility of the teacher helps provide for the individual trajectory of
“For Girls to Feel Safe”
Community Engineering for Sexual Assault Prevention
Day Greenberg and Angela Calabrese Barton
Individual Development .” Harvard Educational Review 80 ( 1 ): 81 – 106 . doi:10.17763/haer.80.1.c104834k00552457 . 10.17763/haer.80.1.c104834k00552457 NAE (National Academy of Engineering) . 2010 . Engineering, Social Justice, and Sustainable
Left Behind by COVID-19
Experiences of “Left-Behind” Girls in Rural China
Jue Wang
mainly on how son preference practices devalue girls’ educational opportunities in the pursuit of individual development. However, in my research, I found that, prior to the pandemic, there was no devaluation of girls’ education but there were, rather
International learning experiences at home in Japan
The challenges and benefits of taking English-medium courses for Japanese students
Yukiko Ishikura
the 17th Australian International Education Conference . Sanford , N. ( 2009 ) Self and Society: Social Change and Individual Development , New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers . Tsuneyoshi , R. ( 2005 ) ‘ Internationalization
Jingyi Li
crucial for today’s globalized economy, the English language is being vigorously adopted in various countries and regions. English language competence is desirable for both national and individual development. In the PRC, the learning of English has a long
In Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society
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- 01 Sep 2016
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- Research Article
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- 128–144
Singing with Dignity
Adding Social Quality to Organization Studies on Aging
Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil
circumstances of individuals along two dimensions: (a) between societal and individuals’ development; and (b) between a formal world of systems, institutions, and organizations and the informal lifeworlds of families, groups, and communities ( Phillips 2011: 80
In The International Journal of Social Quality
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- 01 Jun 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 69–87