Roxana-Elisabeta Marinescu

Roxana-Elisabeta Marinescu

Roxana Elisabeta Marinescu is a Professor with the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, with main research interests and publications in feminism and gender issues, democratic citizenship, education for intercultural and plurilingual communication, postcolonial and postcommunist studies. Dr. Marinescu has authored four books on cultural and literary studies: Salman Rushdie and Multiple Identities (2013), Northern Ireland. Border Country (2013), Self-Constructs of Identity: The Case of Northern Ireland (2012) and Violated Bodies. A Cross-Cultural Reading by Writers of South-Asian Origin (2009), and co-edited three: Handbook of Research on Translating Myth and Reality in Women Imagery across Disciplines (2020), Comunicare 4.0. Tratat de comunicare în afaceri internaționale (2019) and Learning Is Fun. Teaching Methodology for Plurilingual Education and a Balanced Life (2017). Also, she has published chapters in 15 collective volumes, and over sixty articles in international academic journals. For over 25 years Dr. Marinescu was a member of the Non-governmental organization AnA Society for Feminist Analyses and the President of the organization between 2018 and 2020. In this capacity, she participated in and coordinated academic projects and community work in the areas of feminism, gender issues and women’s empowerment. She continues to constantly engage with Romanian and international civil society and conduct awareness-raising, tutoring and mentoring, as well as educational work in the areas of gender equality and equity, feminism and education for democratic citizenship. Dr. Marinescu is currently the Coordinator of the Committee for Gender Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Bucharest University for Economic Studies, Romania.

Publications

The Myth of Motherhood in Communist and Postcommunist Romania: From Pro-Natalist Policies to Neoliberal Views
Roxana-Elisabeta Marinescu. © 2022. 19 pages.
This chapter analyses how the myth of motherhood was construed and enforced on Romanian women in two recent epochs. While in the latter part of communism women were expected to...
Handbook of Research on Translating Myth and Reality in Women Imagery Across Disciplines
Roxana Ciolăneanu, Roxana-Elisabeta Marinescu. © 2021. 403 pages.
Women have been represented in art, literature, music, and more for decades, with the image of the woman changing through time and across cultures. However, rarely has a...
The Myth of Motherhood in Communist and Postcommunist Romania: From Pro-Natalist Policies to Neoliberal Views
Roxana-Elisabeta Marinescu. © 2021. 19 pages.
This chapter analyses how the myth of motherhood was construed and enforced on Romanian women in two recent epochs. While in the latter part of communism women were expected to...