Women in the Face of Change - Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China

Informationen zum Autor Shirin Rai Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Warwick., Hilary Pilkington Lecturer in the Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies at the University of Birmingham., Anne Phizacklea Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Warwick. Klappentext First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Examines how political and economic change in what used to be called the `communist bloc' affects the millions of women who live in these societies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Annie Phizacklea, Hilary Pilkington, Shirin Rai; Part I Swings and roundabouts; Chapter 1 Perestroika and the status of women in the Soviet Union, Natalia Rimashevskaia; Chapter 2 ‘Watering another man’s garden’, Shirin Rai; Chapter 3 Gender and political Part icipation in rural China, Zhang Junzuo; Chapter 4 Uneven burdens, Frances Pine; Part II The construction and reconstruction of gendered identities; Chapter 5 Population policy and reform, Delia Davin; Chapter 6 Whose space is it anyway?, Hilary Pilkington; Chapter 7 Sexual revolution or ‘sexploitation’?, Rosamund Shreeves; Chapter 8 Monogamy and female sexuality in the People’s Republic of China, Harriet Evans; Part III Towards a woman–s consciousness?; Chapter 9 Gendered identities, Chris Corrin; Chapter 10 Feminism and Bolshevism, Marina Malysheva, Hilary Pilkington; Chapter 11 The women’s movement in the USSR, Valentino Konstantinova;

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• Authors: Annie Pilkington Phizacklea
• Assisted by: Annie Phizacklea (Editor), Phizacklea Annie (Editor), Hilary Pilkington (Editor), Pilkington Hilary (Editor), Shirin Rai (Editor), Rai Shirin (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1992
• EAN: 9780415075404
• ISBN: 978-0-415-07540-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / General, Personal & public health, Women's health, Politics & government, Women’s health, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Personal and public health / health education