Men Wanted: Female Masculinity in Sergei Livnev's Hammer and Sickle

Lilya Kaganovsky

doi:10.2307/20459475

Men Wanted: Female Masculinity in Sergei Livnev's Hammer and Sickle

Lilya Kaganovsky

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Abstract

The article discusses female masculinity in the 1994 Russian film "Hammer and Sickle," directed by Sergei Livnev. The movie is a comedy about a Russian woman who underwent a sex change operation. The film provides a perfect vehicle for thinking about sex and gender, and masculinity and the body, as notions that do not always or necessarily map onto one another. Despite its focus on the production and construction of male subjectivity throughout the movie, it proposes a naturalized relation between maleness and power, between masculinity and action.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	229-246
Number of pages	18
Journal	Slavic and East European Journal
Volume	51
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/20459475
State	Published - Jun 1 2007

Keywords

Livnev, Sergei
Russia (Federation)--Cinema
Russia (Federation)--Family and Gender Issues
Russia (Federation)--Gender Issues
Russia (Federation)--Motion Picture Producers and Directors
Russia (Federation)--Stalinism

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