Soviet Women - Everyday Lives

ISBN-13: 9781032174570 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 220 str.

Melanie ILIC

Opis

Including testimony from both celebrated literary and cultural figures and from many ordinary people, and from both enthusiastic supports of the regime and dissidents, the book considers women’s daily routines, attitudes and behaviours.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Born in the USSR: Soviet Identities

3. A Happy Childhood

4. Looking for Love

5. Emancipation and Equality

6. Health and Welfare

7. Reproductive Health and Maternity

8. Consumption, Soviet Style

9. Custom, Ritual and Superstition

10. Go West

O autorze

Melanie Ilic is a Professor of Soviet History in the School of Education and Humanities at the University of Gloucestershire, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, the University of Birmingham.