Russian Peasant Women (Oxford Medical Publications]) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195066944 ISBN 13: 9780195066944

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Bringing together recent scholarship on Russian peasant women's history from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book covers such topics as family life in the countryside, woman's work, her sexuality, her marital and family positions, her experience of the Bolshevik Revolution, and her role in collectivization of agriculture from its onset in the Stalin years through the Gorbachev era. Placing the peasant woman within the context of the peasant household and integrating, rather than separating out, the female experience in Russian rural society, these essays contribute to a greater understanding of the development of Russian peasant society as a whole. A pioneering work of social history, this collection is essential for all interested in Russian and women's history.

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About the Author

Beatrice Farnsworth is at Wells College. Lynne Viola is at University of Toronto.

From the Back Cover

Bringing together recent scholarship on the lives of Russian peasant women in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this pioneering work of social history covers such topics as family life in the countryside, woman's work, her sexuality, her marital and family positions, her experience of the Bolshevik Revolution, and her role in collectivized agriculture from its beginnings in the Stalin years through the Gorbachev era. Placing the peasant woman within the context of the peasant household and integrating, rather than separating out, the female experience in Russian rural communities, these essays contribute to a greater understanding of the development of Russian society as a whole.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195066944
• ISBN 13: 9780195066944
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Farnsworth Beatrice, Viola Lynne