Stalinism on the Frontier of Empire - Women and State Formation in the Soviet Far East

Klappentext A fascinating history of frontier Stalinism that sheds new light on the nature of Soviet society and Stalinism in the 1930s. Zusammenfassung In this book! fascinating stories of female settlers in the socialist frontiers of the Soviet Far East shed new light on the nature of Soviet society and Stalinism in the 1930s! revealing the instrumental part these migrants played in the extension of Soviet state power and the complexities of women's lives under Stalin. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Women and Soviet power; 2. 'Where steel cracks like glass'; 3. 'Our famous Valia'. The rise of a Soviet notable; 4. 'Envy for everything heroic'. Women volunteering for the frontier; 5. 'Bol'shevichki were never ascetics!': female morale and Communist morality; 6. Snivelers and patriots; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Elena Shulman, Elena (Texas Tech University) Shulman, Shulman Elena
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107405004
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40500-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Women, Gender studies: women, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Gender studies: women and girls, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era