Pure, strong and sexless : the peasant woman's body and Gleb Uspensky /

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Pure, Strong and Sexless explores the representation of gender and sexuality of peasant women in turn of the century Russian culture through the writings of populist writer Gleb Uspensky. Uspensky's numerous works address a range of issues related to sexuality, including infanticide, abortion,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mondry, Henrietta
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006.
Series:Studies in Slavic literature and poetics ; v. 43.
Subjects:
Uspenskiĭ, Gleb Ivanovich, > 1843-1902 > Criticism and interpretation.
Uspenskiĭ, Gleb Ivanovich, > 1843-1902 > Views on sex.
Uspenskiĭ, Gleb Ivanovich, > 1843-1902
1800-1899
Women peasants > Russia.
Women > Russia > 19th century.
Peasants > Russia > History > 19th century.
Agricultrices > Russie.
Femmes > Russie > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Peasants
Sex
Women
Women peasants
Boerinnen.
Vrouwelijk lichaam.
Schizofrenie.
Russia
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 "Daydreams": the quest for social gender changes or a new type of beauty?; Chapter 2 "In a Woman's Position": truncated sexuality in young women and teenage boys; Chapter 3 How 'straight' is the Venus de Milo? Shaping gender in stone sculpture; Chapter 4 "A Good Russian type": in search of a new masculinity; Chapter 5 Peasant sexuality and demonic possession; Chapter 6 "She Stopped!": moral rebirth through hard labor; Chapter 7 Children: necessary evil or product of divine will?; Chapter 8 The sacred egg: a symbol of human procreation.

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