Cross-dressing in Stalinist film

[Helena Tolstoy]

The pre-war "Treasure Island" where Jim is a girl

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Dear col
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Dear colleagues, 


I am trying to locate instances of cross-dressing in Stalinist film
(1929-1953) but am having trouble moving beyond the obvious: Volga Volga, My
iz Kronshtadta, Ivan the Terrible (all parts), and the "masculine" attire of
women in particular moments of Aleksandr Nevskii, Traktoristy, Zhdi menia,
etc. Your help would be much appreciated.

I am looking for any example of cross-dressing regardless of context. By
"cross-dressing," I mean moments in which a character (principle or
otherwise) appears in or adopts clothing that gender-codes them differently
from other characters of the same sex. So, for example, in addition to
Orlova's comedic sartorial "manliness"  in Volga Volga, I include the less
obvious "frontovaia zhena" character in Zhdi menia and the times when
Ladynina and her kolkhoznitsy appear to be coded "male" or "female" by their
dress in Traktoristy. The mannequins in Medvedkin's Schast'e also qualify. 

Please reply off list with any suggestions or insights to
nicolakuchta at yahoo.com. 


Thank you very much.

Nicola Kuchta
U Pittsburgh


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