Lives in Transit: A Collection of Recent Russian Women's Writing - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0875011004 ISBN 13: 9780875011004

Casa editrice: Ardis, 1995

Riassunto

One of the most remarkable changes taking place in Russia after the break-up of the Soviet empire is the radical transformation of Russian women's culture. Despite a historically male-dominated culture, gender awareness has flourished in the 1990s, and is reflected in a new body of women's literature and a new concern for female experience. The prose and poetry included in this anthology examine essential issues in women's lives: women's sexuality, romantic love, motherhood, the economic and political life of women, their struggle to intergrate domestic and professional roles, new family structures, physical health, abortion, rape, and so forth.
The issues covered here are common to women everywhere, but the different historical experience of Russian women in the twentieth century has created distinct understandings and values. It was a time of terrible suffering and drudgery for Russian women, who endured decades of war, political and cultural repression, and poverty. Women were given more equality in the workplace, but, as these works show, they were still expected to maintain their roles as conventional wives and mothers.

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• Editore: Ardis
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0875011004
• ISBN 13: 9780875011004
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 327
• Redattore: Goscilo Helena
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