Rural women in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia / / Liubov Denisova ; edited and translated by Irina Mukhina

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459634403321
• Autore: Denisova L. N.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-136-93713-7; 1-282-88628-2; 9786612886287; 0-203-84684-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe
• Altri autori (Persone): MukhinaIrina <1979->
• Disciplina: 305.40947/091734
• Soggetti: Rural women - Soviet Union - History; Rural women - Russia (Federation) - History; Rural women - Soviet Union - Social conditions; Rural women - Russia (Federation) - Social conditions; Women peasants - Soviet Union - History; Women peasants - Russia (Federation) - History; Women - Soviet Union - Social conditions; Women - Russia (Federation) - Social conditions; Electronic books.; Soviet Union Rural conditions; Russia (Federation) Rural conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Employment patterns among rural women; 1 Women's work; 2 Unskilled labor in the countryside; 3 Female mechanics and machine operators; 4 Women at the animal wards; 5 Women as collective farm leaders and agricultural specialists; 6 Rural intelligentsia; 7 Migration to cities and the position of newcomers; Part II: Private life; 8 The politics of private life: The evolution and transformation of the Soviet Family Code; 9 Marriages; 10 Conflicts and divorces; 11 Domostroi; 12 Alcoholism in the countryside13 The female face of the criminal world; 14 Women of the oldest profession; 15 Religion; 16 Triple-burden lifestyle; 17 Household chores; 18 The special environment of the village life; 19 Protection of childhood and motherhood in the countryside; 20 Abortions; Conclusions; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first full-length history of Russian peasant women in the 20th century in English. Filling a significant gap in the literature on rural studies and gender studies of the twentieth century Russia, it is the first to take the story into the twenty-first century. It offers a comprehensive overview of regulations concerning rural women: their employment patterns; marriages, divorces and family life; issues with health and raising children. Rural lives in the Soviet Union were often dramatically different from the common narrative of the Soviet history, and even during the Khrushchev