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.
| Categories | Political women's magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Suomen Naisten Demokraattinen Liitton |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Final issue | 2008 |
| Country | Finland |
| Based in | Helsinki |
| Language | Finnish |
| ISSN | 0500-8476 |
| OCLC | 428441546 |
History and profile
editUusi Nainen was established in 1945.[3][4] The founder organization was Suomen Naisten Demokraattinen Liitton (SNDL; Finnish: Finnish Women's Democratic Organization).[5][6] The aim of the SNDL was to reach Finnish women from different political orientations.[6]
Uusi Nainen came out monthly.[4] It 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.[7] 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.[7] Because it was critical of fashion and commercial culture.[7] However, its political focus diminished in 1966 and instead, it began to emphasize the ideological aspects of societal issues in an attempt to successfully compete with other women's magazines.[4]
Uusi Nainen became the media outlet of Finnish Women's Democratic League in 1990.[2][5] The circulation of the magazine was 66,000 copies in 1970 and 75,000 copies in 1980.[7] Uusi Nainen folded in 2008.[8]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Suomen Naisten Demokraattisen Liiton/SNDL: lehti Uusi Nainen (in Finnish). Finna. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ Elina Katainen (1998). "'The New Woman' in the Finnish Communist Women's Periodicals in the 1920s". Studia Historica. 58. hdl:10138/6872.
- ^ a b c Heidi Kurvinen (2023). "Adopting Public Relations-Like Strategies to Promote Labour Feminism in Finland, 1965–1975". European History Quarterly. 53 (4): 668, 673. doi:10.1177/02656914231199947.
- ^ a b "Uusi Nainen -lehti" (PDF). Kansan Arkisto (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d Laura Saarenmaa (2015). "Between Sovietism and Americanization. Ideals of femininity during and after the Cold War in Finland". Feminist Media Studies. 15 (1): 137, 148. doi:10.1080/14680777.2015.988396. S2CID 143417108.
- ^ "Indeksointi lopetettu, lehti lakannut ilmestymästä tai vaihtanut nimeään". Web Origo (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 April 2017.