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Platonov - the subject of the final two full-length chapters - simultaneously under- takes and undermines the creation of an all-male comradely society in his novel- length Chevengur. Here the architects of the all-male utopia must face up to the nega- tive consequences of the creation of a society based on the principle of gender exclu- sivity. Their attempt to exclude women from the New World backfires; what emerges is a collective organized around ideas of both sexual difference (men are haunted by the absent "other") and the pre-revolutionary patriarchal family. Finally, in his concluding chapter, Borenstein moves into a discussion of the fic- tion written during the period of Stalin's first five-year plan. His emphasis adds a new twist to the now familiar story o f the re-emergence of traditional values under Stalin's tutelage. Women at the close of the decade are freed from the constraints inherent in the striving for a gender exclusive utopia; they return as active agents in their own destinies, albeit in their double role as workers and wives. By this time a masculine utopia no longer seemed viable and femininity no longer elicited hostility. Instead, classical paternalism returns with Stalin as the father.
Canadian-American Slavic Studies – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2006
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