Gender, State and Society in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-21488-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 452 g

One of the few English language studies to focus on the male experiences, this book addresses the important questions raised by the rise and fall of the Soviet experiment in transforming gender relations. Issues covered include;
* the paternal role
* women as breadwinners
* men's loss of status at work
* changing gender roles in the press
* the relationship between the sexual and gender revoloutions.
Featuring an outstanding panel of Russian contributors, this collection is a valuable resource for students and scholars of Politics, Gender Studies and Russian Studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ashwin, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Gender, State and the Society in Soviety and Post-Soviet Russia, Sara Ashwin 2. From Duty to Pleasure? Motherhood in Soviet Post-Soviet Russia, Olga Issoupova 3. Russia's Female Breadwinners: The Changing Subjective Experience, Marina Kiblitskaya 4. Fathers and Patriarchs in Communist and Post-Communist Russia, Sergei Kukhterin 5. Once We Were Kings: Male Experiences of Loss of Status at Work in Post-Communist Russia, Marina Kiblitskaya 6. New Russian Men: Masculinity Regained? Elena Meshcherkina 7. The Changing Representation of Gender Roles in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Press, Irina Tartakovskaya 8. 'My Body, My Friend?' Provincial Youth Between the Sexual and the Gender Revolutions, Elena Omel'chenko

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Ashwin is a lecturer in Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics. Her previous publications include Russian Workers: The Anatomy of Patience.