Uusi Nainen

Uusi Nainen (Finnish: New Women) was a Finnish communist women's magazine published in Helsinki, Finland.[1][2] The magazine existed between 1945 and 2008.

Uusi Nainen
CategoriesPolitical women's magazine
PublisherSuomen Naisten Demokraattinen Liitton
Founded1945
Final issue2008
CountryFinland
Based inHelsinki
LanguageFinnish

History and profile

Uusi Nainen was established in 1945.[3] The founder organization was Suomen Naisten Demokraattinen Liitton (SNDL; Finnish: Finnish Women's Democratic Organization).[4][5] The aim of the SNDL was to reach Finnish women from different political orientations.[5] The magazine had a different approach in contrast to mainstream women's magazines in the 1960s which made the magazine a progressive alternative to the others.[6] Because it was critical of fashion and commercial culture.[6]

Uusi Nainen overtly carried Soviet propaganda and was under the control of and financed by the Communist Party of Finland, which in turn, was closely related to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[6] The magazine became the media outlet of Finnish Women's Democratic League in 1990.[2][4] It folded in 2008.[7]

References
  1. Antero Holmila; Simo Mikkonen (2020). Suomi sodan jälkeen: Pelon, katkeruuden ja toivon vuodet 1944-49 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Atena. p. 85. ISBN 978-952-300-113-8.
  2. Suomen Naisten Demokraattisen Liiton/SNDL: lehti Uusi Nainen (in Finnish). Finna. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. Elina Katainen (1998). "'The New Woman' in the Finnish Communist Women's Periodicals in the 1920s". Studia Historica. 58. hdl:10138/6872.
  4. "Uusi Nainen -lehti" (PDF). Kansan Arkisto (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  5. Heidi Kurvinen; Arja Turunen (2022). "Radical sex role ideology and the Finnish gender role movement in the late 1960s". Women's History Review. 32 (1): 65. doi:10.1080/09612025.2022.2092270.
  6. Laura Saarenmaa (2015). "Between Sovietism and Americanization. Ideals of femininity during and after the Cold War in Finland". Feminist Media Studies. 15 (1): 137. doi:10.1080/14680777.2015.988396. S2CID 143417108.
  7. "Indeksointi lopetettu, lehti lakannut ilmestymästä tai vaihtanut nimeään". Web Origo (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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