New nations, in their search for an identity, have found an icon for their pedestals: the mother, says Elena Gapova. The mother is the embodiment of the nation, but to serve her country, she must surrender her destiny to men, losing her independence and individualityby Elena Gapova MINSK-In a speech supporting President Boris Yeltsin’s 1996 re-election campaign, the filmmaker Nikita […]
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