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The worlds of Russian village women : tradition, transgression, compromise /

Russian rural women have been depicted as victims of oppressive patriarchy, celebrated as symbols of inherent female strength, and extolled as the original source of a great world culture. Throughout the years of collectivization, industrialization, and World War II, women played major roles in the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Olson, Laura J., 1962- (Autor), Adonʹeva, S. B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2012]
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Tradition, Transgression, Compromise
  • 1. Traditions of Patriarchy and the Missing Female Voice in Russian Folklore Scholarship
  • 2. Age and Gender Status and Identity : Structure and History
  • 3. Subjectivity and the Relational Self in Russian Village Women's Stories of Courtship and Marriage
  • 4. Pleasure, Power, and Nostalgia of Melodrama : Twentieth-Century Singing Traditions and Women's Identity Construction
  • 5. Transgression as Communicative Act : Rural Women's Chastushki
  • 6. Magical Forces and the Symbolic Resources of Motherhood
  • 7. Magic, Control, and Social Roles
  • 8. Constructing Identity in Stories of the Other World
  • 9. Death, the Dead, and Memory-Keepers
  • Conclusion.