Images of Family and Family Education in Russian Feature Films of the 1920s and the early 1930s
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The article presents an analysis and characterization of the image of family and family education in young Soviet feature films.Beginning with the first years of Soviet power, cinema acquired a pronounced propaganda and agitation significance.These features influenced the content of silent feature films of that time.In the process of the country's "cinefication", cinema became a mouthpiece of the state policy, and the main objective was to create films that would contribute to the new type of person.Family themes in feature films are not central and act as accompaniment in film stories about the revolution, reviving industry, etc.One of the central conflicts in the film industry of those years is the conflict between the old and new world order, the fight against religious and bourgeois remnants.In the 1920s and 1930s, the attitude towards the family in young Soviet Russia was ambiguous.It was believed that traditional values of the family life were outdated and should be replaced by public education.The family as a union of a man and a woman had also lost its value, as many public and government figures believed.The family could be completely replaced by a collective, which, under the leadership of the state, could educate, teach and form the necessary qualities.A hermeneutic analysis of Soviet feature films of this period allows us to identify the main trends in family issues, some educational models in feature films in the context of an appeal to the socio-cultural and ideological contexts of that time.
Source: Mediaobrazovanie
Author: Irina Chelysheva
Language: English
Topic: Cinema History and Criticism
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Russian Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W4405778408