In the Leading Role. Keys to the Archetypes of New Femininity

Vasilisa Zinary - gender researcher, journalist, author of a popular blog about relationships and femininity. The modern world demands more and more from women, while not relieving them of responsibility for traditional gender roles. In the pursuit of balance between career, family, and recognition, it is easy to lose touch with one's own femininity, but even easier to substitute it with stereotypical images and a set of attributes. In true, manifested femininity - there is a huge source of strength, and Vasilisa Zinary offers to look at it from a different angle in the book «In the Leading Role. Keys to the Archetypes of New Femininity». With this book, you can explore significant images of women in cinema, leading heroines who embody screen femininity, so that following their example, you can play the leading role in your own life. By reading this book, you will learn: 1. How our understanding of femininity has changed; 2. How to find your unique intonation of femininity among existing archetypes; 3. How to achieve balance among the many roles that are offered to women today.