Women without Men : Single Mothers and Family Change in the New Russia /

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Women without Men illuminates Russia's "quiet revolution" in family life through the lens of single motherhood. Drawing on extensive ethnographic and interview data, Jennifer Utrata focuses on the puzzle of how single motherhood--frequently seen as a social problem in other contexts--...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Utrata, Jennifer, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Edition:1st edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Single mothers.
Sex role.
Post-communism > Social aspects.
Families.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Postcommunisme > Aspect social > Russie.
Rôle selon le sexe > Russie.
Familles > Russie.
Meres de famille monoparentale > Russie.
Post-communism > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
Sex role > Russia (Federation)
Families > Russia (Federation)
Single mothers > Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a quiet revolution
  • From state protections to post-socialist "freedoms" : the changed context of single motherhood
  • Diminishing material difficulties : single motherhood beyond survival strategies
  • Where the women are strong : navigating practical realism
  • It takes a babushka : single mothers' youth privilege and grandmother support
  • Blurred boundaries : married mothers and the specter of single motherhood
  • Marginalized men : settling for the status quo
  • Conclusion : normalized gender crisis.

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