Actualization of the warrior maiden archetype in Ukrainian cinema of the beginning of the 21st century

The article focuses on the screen incarnations of female characters, whose images, being contemporary with challenges today, associated archetype Warrior, destroy stereotypical notions feminine as weak and passive characteristic traditional (that is, phallocentric/patriarchal) culture. Nowadays, such an essentialist view seems not just debatable, but finds alternative interpretation, both in material realities artistic practices. In particular, cinematography Ukraine at beginning 21st century convincingly testifies to expansion body representations feminine. film early 2020s actualization image-concept warrior woman, which is symptomatic military political contexts today. New Ukrainian cinema seeks understand little-studied experience women’s participation hostilities peculiarities their stay captivity, implementing modern feminist approaches study topic “woman war”. effort go beyond vision women within dipole “heroine-victim”, demonstrates transformation gender patterns same time a continuation tradition deep historical roots.