An examination of Soviet conceptions of childhood and the resulting policies directed toward young children. Working on the assumption that cultural representations are not entirely separable, this study probes how the Soviet regime's representations structured teachers' observations of their pupils and often adults' recollections of their childhood. It offers some tentative answers to the questions, What did children make of the Revolution? and What is the Revolution make of them? Although other studies have looked at families and children in the Soviet Union, most have focused on abandoned...
An examination of Soviet conceptions of childhood and the resulting policies directed toward young children. Working on the assumption that cultural r...
An examination of Soviet conceptions of childhood and the resulting policies directed toward young children. Working on the assumption that cultural representations are not entirely separable, this study probes how the Soviet regime's representations structured teachers' observations of their pupils and often adults' recollections of their childhood. It offers some tentative answers to the questions, What did children make of the Revolution? and What is the Revolution make of them? Although other studies have looked at families and children in the Soviet Union, most have focused on abandoned...
An examination of Soviet conceptions of childhood and the resulting policies directed toward young children. Working on the assumption that cultural r...