2007 Russian-Language Anthology Examines Gender Transgression in Visual Culture

Edited by Almira Ousmanova, the anthology 'Gender and Transgression in Visual Cultures,' published in 2007, gathers essays presented at a 2003 conference held at the European Humanities University in Vilnius. This 217-page work includes contributions from scholars in Belarus, Lithuania, and England, who examine gender representations to fill voids in Russian-language research. It is the second installment in the 'Visual and Cultural Explorations' series. Notable contributors are Anastasya Denishchik, Benjamin Cope, Audrone Zukauskaite, Alla Pigalskaya, Laima Kreyvite, Olga Pirozhenko, and Aleksandr Pershai, utilizing various interdisciplinary methods. Although the book is commended for its breadth, the review highlights its insufficient focus on post-Soviet visual culture and points out flaws in the introduction and lack of a conclusion.