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Zusatztext Leinarte’s monograph opens up a bounty of fascinating material about the complexity of the transition from the interwar Lithuanian republic to Soviet Lithuania. The details of the court materials, for example lists of family belongings, will offer readers specific insight into the material possibilities of the era. Those interested in the legal code concerning families in Soviet Lithuania, the way the court system functioned, and the changes in family structure over the Soviet decades will find a valuable source in Leinarte’s monograph. Informationen zum Autor Dalia Leinarte is Professor of History at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, and Fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, UK. She is the author of Adopting and Remembering Soviet Reality (2010). Zusammenfassung If the home remained a safe space for families during the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, why is it that the memories of women’s domestic lives in Soviet Lithuania are so fragmented? In Family and the State in Soviet Lithuania , Dalia Leinarte deftly challenges the commonplace ‘kitchen culture’ idea that the home was a site of silent resistance where traditional Lithuanian values continued to be nurtured. Instead, this fascinating book reveals how the totalitarian state gradually abolished the private lives of Lithuanian families altogether.Based on over 100 interviews and an array of archival sources, this book analyses how family policy formed the everyday life of men and women and considers how the internalisation of Soviet ideology took place in the private sphere. From a well-developed after-school activity program for children to strict rules regarding the working hours of men and women, ultimately the family could not remain isolated from the regime. Family and the State in Soviet Lithuania is the first book to explore family policy in the Soviet Baltic states and is therefore a vital resource for scholars of Soviet and gender history. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of TablesList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Soviet Family Policy2. Marriage and Divorce3. Parents and Children4. HouseholdConclusionBibliographyIndex...
