Gender in Russian History and Culture (Studies in Russian & Eastern European History)

✍ Scribed by Linda Edmondson

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 242
Series: Studies in Russian and East European history and society
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book charts the changing aspects of gender in Russia's cultural and social history from the late 17th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The essays, while focusing on women as a primary subject, highlight the construction of both femininity and masculinity in a culture that has undergone major transformation and disruptions over the period of three centuries.

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