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Description
Tracing the evolution of gender relations from the late Imperial period, through the Soviet Union, and up to the present day, Gender in Modern Russia broadly examines the everyday lives of both women and men, as well as cultural and political constructions of gender and sexuality.
Through a focus on the impact of four major themes - the state, work, the body and spirituality - Aaron B. Retish argues that the Communist experiment emancipated women and men from traditional social and political roles, but that crucially it did not break cultural roles and power relations. Retish goes on to show that this destabilization of gender roles largely explains why gender roles are so contested in present day Russia and why political, religious and cultural leaders use traditional gender images to assert control and to mobilize their base.
This book is a vital text for anyone seeking to know more about the social history of Russia in the modern period.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Using Gender to Understand Modern Russia
2. Gender and the Society of Late Imperial Russia: Peasants, Workers and Gentry in a Changing World, 1861-1914
3. A Gendered Revolution: War, Revolution, and Soviet Politics, 1914-1921
4. Soviet Emancipation? The Possibilities of NEP, 1921-1929
5. The Stalinist Turn: Pronatalism and Stalinist Family Values, 1929-1939
6. War and Recovery, 1939-1953
7. A Week like any Other? Gender Roles in the Mature Soviet Period, 1953-1982
8. Now Men are Men and Women are Women, 1982-2000
9. Gender, Masculinity and Sexuality in the Age of Putin, 2000-Present
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Apr 01 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781350000872 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 30 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | The Bloomsbury History of Modern Russia Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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