Women S Voices In Russia Today
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Women S Voices In Russia Today
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Author : Elina Haavio-Mannila
language : en
Publisher: Dartmouth Publishing Company
Release Date : 1996
Women S Voices In Russia Today written by Elina Haavio-Mannila and has been published by Dartmouth Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Political Science categories.
The book analyzes women's social networks, working life and political aspirations in post-Soviet urban culture. It emphasizes the strength and survival skills of Russian women, amidst the general increasing social and ideological insecurity.
Real And Imagined Women S Voices In Russian And Japanese Societies Media Self Perceptions And Everyday Language Practices
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Author : Natalia Konstantinovskaia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Real And Imagined Women S Voices In Russian And Japanese Societies Media Self Perceptions And Everyday Language Practices written by Natalia Konstantinovskaia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.
The complex relationship between gender and language has been studied from a diversity of perspectives, which have explored both the historical control of women's language by men and the evolving interactions between genders that shape contemporary language use. To date, however, there is little cross-cultural work exploring the crucial role of the media in shaping the social norms that regulate the use of gendered language. Furthermore, few studies analyzed women's discourses on their perceptions of normative and ideal femininities along with women's real linguistic practices. This dissertation aims to fill this gap by conducting a cross-linguistic and cross-cultural study of women's language in contemporary Japanese and Russian societies. The dissertation is three-fold: it investigates current gender ideologies in televised advertising, their manifestations in women's narratives on their ideal selves, and women's actual speech in spontaneous conversations in Japan and Russia. By juxtaposing women's scripted speech in televised commercials, women's beliefs in interviews and their actual language behavior, I examine how various social expectations suggested in media are evoked, asserted, and rejected in women's perceptions of femininity and in their everyday life. Thus, this dissertation compares and contrasts women's self-articulated femininities with the normative portrayals dominant in media, exploring the ways in which women challenge and subvert social expectations. The results of this dissertation suggest that Japanese and Russian media frequently depicts women highlighting their femininity, which reflects a synthesis of current gender ideologies, traditional models and postfeminist ideas of 'power femininity.' Japanese and Russian women have rigid perceptions about the ideal femininity that in some ways echo the media representations. The corpus analysis of women's conversations and blogs, however, demonstrates the large gap between these perceptions and women's real practices. The dissertation findings add to our understanding of the constructed nature of femininity, its components, and its significance in both Japanese and Russian societies. The findings also highlight the culture-sensitive, nuanced creation of gender, and reveal the cultural inhomogeneity of its manifestations.
Women And Transformation In Russia
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Author : Aino Saarinen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-26
Women And Transformation In Russia written by Aino Saarinen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-26 with Social Science categories.
This book looks at Russian women’s mobilization and agency during the two periods of transformation, the turn of the 19th-20th century and the 20th – 21st century. Bringing together the parallels between the two great transformations, it focuses on both the continuities and breaks and, importantly, it shows them from the grassroots point of view, emphasizing the local factor. Chapters show the international and transnational aspects of Russian women’s agency of different spheres and different historical periods. The book goes on to raise new research questions such as the evaluation and comparison of Soviet society and contemporary Russia from the point of view of gender and women’s possibilities in society.
Women In Nineteenth Century Russia
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Author : Wendy Rosslyn
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2012
Women In Nineteenth Century Russia written by Wendy Rosslyn and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
"This collection of essays examines the lives of women across Russia--from wealthy noblewomen in St Petersburg to desperately poor peasants in Siberia--discussing their interaction with the Church and the law, and their rich contribution to music, art, literature and theatre. It shows how women struggled for greater autonomy and, both individually and collectively, developed a dynamic presence in Russia's culture and society"--Publisher's description.
Organizing Women In Contemporary Russia
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Author : Valerie Sperling
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999-11-04
Organizing Women In Contemporary Russia written by Valerie Sperling and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11-04 with History categories.
A rich and clearly-written analysis of the women's movement in contemporary Russia.
Sexual Lifestyle In The Twentieth Century
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Author : E. Haavio-Mannila
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2001-12-17
Sexual Lifestyle In The Twentieth Century written by E. Haavio-Mannila and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-17 with Social Science categories.
This study presents us with an insightful sociological exploration of sexual practice, within five different types of relationship and from varying perspectives of gender and age: lifelong love; serial loves; searching; devitalized relations, and parallel relations. Based on the accounts of almost two hundred adults in Finland, these real-life experiences reflect the way in which sexuality has evolved both within the lifetime of the individual, and over generations. Also examined is the impact of major historical events on love and sexual relationships - from war to economic crisis - and that of the 'spirit of the age': from the emancipatory zeal of the 1960s to the new-age holistic ideals in the 1980s.
On Living Through Soviet Russia
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Author : Daniel Bertaux
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2004
On Living Through Soviet Russia written by Daniel Bertaux and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Communism and families categories.
For a period of over seventy years after the 1917 revolutions in Russia, talking about the past, either political or personal, became dangerous. The new policy of glasnost at the end of the 1980s resulted in a flood of reminiscence, almost nightly on television and more formally collected by new Russian oral history groups and western researchers. This book is a fascinating collection of life stories and family history interview material collected by the editors and two Russian groups of interviewers.
Sexuality And Gender In Postcommunist Eastern Europe And Russia
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Author : Edmond J Coleman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-22
Sexuality And Gender In Postcommunist Eastern Europe And Russia written by Edmond J Coleman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-22 with Social Science categories.
Important new findings on sex and gender in the former Soviet Bloc! Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia is a groundbreaking look at the new sexual reality in Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe after the fall of communism. The book presents the kind of candid discussion of sexual identities, sexual politics, and gender arrangements that was often censored and rarely discussed openly before the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1987. Authors from a variety of disciplines examine how the changes caused by rapid economic and social transformation have affected human sexuality and if those changes can generate the social tolerance necessary to produce a well-rooted democracy. The first theoretical and empirical body of work to sexuality in (post)transitional countries, Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia examines the effects of the profound social transformation taking place in the former Soviet Union. Through an interdisciplinary perspective, the book addresses vital issues of this transformation, including gender relations, gender roles and sex norms in transition, sexual representations in the media, patterns of adult sexual behavior, gay and lesbian issues, sex trafficking, health risks, and sex education. The book also presents a critical examination of whether the fall of communism has, in fact, induced changes in sexuality and gender relations. Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia examines the changes in sex and gender in countries in transition, including: the negative consequences of Serbia’s “state-directed non-development” during the 1990s the causes and consequences of trafficking in women from the Russian Federation the ongoing debate over human rights for sexual minorities in Romania the effects of two Yugoslavian films released in the 1990s that feature transgender characters sexualities in transition in Croatia problems created by changes in sexual behavior among urban Russian adolescents the social and legal state of lesbians in Slovenia Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia fills in the gap in the current knowledge and understanding of the effects of the profound social changes taking place in Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe. The book is an essential read for academics and researchers working in gender studies, political science, and gay and lesbian studies. Handy tables and figures make the information easy to access and understand.
Rethinking Class In Russia
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Author : Suvi Salmenniemi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-08
Rethinking Class In Russia written by Suvi Salmenniemi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-08 with Social Science categories.
Social differentiation, poverty and the emergence of the newly rich occasioned by the collapse of the Soviet Union have seldom been analysed from a class perspective. Rethinking Class in Russia addresses this absence by exploring the manner in which class positions are constructed and negotiated in the new Russia. Bringing an ethnographic and cultural studies approach to the topic, this book demonstrates that class is a central axis along which power and inequality are organized in Russia, revealing how symbolic, cultural and emotional dimensions are deeply intertwined with economic and material inequalities. Thematically arranged and presenting the latest empirical research, this interdisciplinary volume brings together work from both Western and Russian scholars on a range of spheres and practices, including popular culture, politics, social policy, consumption, education, work, family and everyday life. By engaging with discussions in new class analysis and by highlighting how the logic of global neoliberal capitalism is appropriated and negotiated vis-à-vis the Soviet hierarchies of value and worth, this book offers a multifaceted and carefully contextualized picture of class relations and identities in contemporary Russia and makes a contribution to the theorisation of class and inequality in a post-Cold War era. As such it will appeal to those with interests in sociology, anthropology, geography, political science, gender studies, Russian and Eastern European studies, and media and cultural studies.
Lost Voices
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Author : Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2013-07-04
Lost Voices written by Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes and has been published by Zed Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-04 with Political Science categories.
In 1991 the collapse of the Communist Party and the dissolution of the Soviet Union launched the republics of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan into an unexpected self-declared independence and a precarious, uncertain future. Emerging from almost seventy-five years of Soviet tutelage all three republics embarked on a process of radical change. Central Asian women's lives have been profoundly affected during the huge upheavals of sovietization in the 1920s and democratisation in the 1990s, but their experiences have gone unresearched and undocumented. If Central Asia was generally considered to be the forgotten world of the Soviet Union, Central Asian women constitute the 'lost voices' of Central Asia. Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes offers a timely analysis into the lives of Muslim women during the Soviet era, and considers the impact of the shift from Soviet communism to Western capitalist ideals and its impact on gender relations in the region. The uneasy synthesis between socialism and Islam under the Soviet regime offered many women considerable status and personal freedom in public life but these gains have been rapidly eroded in the process of 'democratization'. Opportunities for women have entered into serious decline in terms of employment, education and socio-political status. Unlike many commentators, she offers a convincing argument that the main threat to the socio-political status of women in Central Asia is not Islamic fundamentalism, but the imposition of free market principles and Western 'liberal democratic' ideals. Woven into the text is a also subtle and nuanced analysis of the ways in which Central Asian women negotiate feminism, whether ushered in by Soviet women during sovietization, or by western NGOs in the region today. As a special consultant to UNESCAP, the author was one of the first researchers to undertake substantial research in the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in the post-independence period and this book is based on her interviews with women from the region from all sections of Central Asian society.
