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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463310203321

Titolo

Women's history in Russia : (re)establishing the field / / edited by Marianna Muravyeva and Natalia Novikova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

ISBN

1-4438-7137-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

305.40722

Soggetti

Women - Soviet Union - History

Women - Russia (Federation) - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; LIST OF TABLES; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; PART III; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays, all by Russian scholars, is the first of its kind to address a broad English-speaking audience. It presents the theories and methodologies employed by Russian national historiography to make sense of Russian gender and women's history. The essays in this volume discuss women's and gender history in Russia, highlighting sensitive areas in the Russian academic community and in Russian society in general. The book appears in the context of an intense backlash against t...