Soviet Women - Everyday Lives

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Melanie Ilic, Ilic Melanie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780367352318
• ISBN: 978-0-367-35231-8
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union