Vasilisa Maligina Karya A.M. Kollontai sebuah Rekonstruksi Atas Konsep Maskulinitas Rusia

Abstract

This article is a literary analysis on Aleksandra Mikhailovna Kollontai' VasilisaMaligina (1923) by using a feminist approach. Issues on masculinity are thefocus of the analysis. The main argument of this article is that through the maincharacter of this story - Vasilisa Maligina - Kollontai tried to expose the newimage of Russian women by reconstructing the concept of Russian traditionalmasculinity in Russian society under former Uni Soviet communist governmentbased on patriarchal culture