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TITLE: Two Heroes, Part II. DESCRIPTION: After 1930, the content of the journal Yangi Yo'l [New Path], like that of most publications in the Soviet Union, became heavily ideological and oriented almost exclusively toward supporting the foremost issue in the Communist Party's agenda. Contributors to Yangi Yo'l came to include more men, and the work that they published was far less feminist than the content published in the 1920s. Of note, the digital archive includes full issues of Yangi Yo'l from 1925-1929. This poem is one of several examples of Yangi Yo'l poems published between 1930 and 1933. The themes in these poems were similar to many found in earlier issues: poets decry the former "slavery" of women and celebrate their liberation in Communist Uzbekistan; they denounce the veil (paranji) and cheer women who work in factories and on kolkhozes (collective farms); they hail women as heroines who defy oppressors. However, these poets exemplified new Soviet literary values of the 1930s, depicting work itself and labor production as central to life. Each poem was selected by scholar Claire Roosien. Each Uzbek-language original is accompanied by Roosien’s commentary, transcription in the Latin alphabet, and a beautiful, literary translation.

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Author

Jumaniyoz Sharifii, fl. 1932

Collection

Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Copyright Message

Latin transcription and English translation, © Claire Roosien 2016.

Content Type

Poetry

Duration

0 sec

Format

Text

Page Count

8

Publication Year

1932

Source Title

Yangi Yo'l [New Path], Issue 6, June, 1932, pp. 15-16

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and Rights, Women and Work, Women and the Arts, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Mujer y Trabajo, Mulher e Trabalho, Mujer y las Artes, Mulher e as Artes, Uzbequistão, Communist Party. Women's Division, Uzbekistan Soviet Socialist Republic, Uzbekistan, Women and Development, Work and Class Identity, Agriculture, Women as “Proletariat”, Northern Uzbek, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Topic

Agriculture, Women as “Proletariat”

Translator

Claire Roosien, fl. 2016

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Mujer y Trabajo, Mulher e Trabalho, Mujer y las Artes, Mulher e as Artes, Uzbequistão