The Worlds of Russian Village Women: Tradition, Transgression, Compromise
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The Worlds of Russian Village Women: Tradition, Transgression, Compromise
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- ISBN
- 9780299290344
- Subject Area
- Social Science, History
- Publication Name
- Worlds of Russian Village Women : Tradition, Transgression, Compromise
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Item Length
- 9.4 in
- Subject
- Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Folklore & Mythology, Women's Studies, Sociology / Rural
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Weight
- 23.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10
0299290344
ISBN-13
9780299290344
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117260421
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Worlds of Russian Village Women : Tradition, Transgression, Compromise
Subject
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Folklore & Mythology, Women's Studies, Sociology / Rural
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
23.3 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2012-016670
Reviews
"This work is a good combination of richly contextualized ethnographic descriptions and interpretive analysis. It opens the world of rural Russia to English-speaking readers."--Mariya Lesiv, Slavic and Eastern European Journal , "Richly contextualized ethnographic descriptions and interpretive analysis."-- Slavic and East European Journal, "Olson and Adonyeva skillfully interweave fieldwork data with historical background, theoretical connections, and interpretation. In-depth and balanced, the book covers a number of important topics: the village life cycle, magic and healing, gossip and consumption of mass media, and women's relationship to both traditional and popular music."--Sibelan E. S. Forrester, Swarthmore College, "Rather than constructing an outsider's image of the Russian countryside, as has been done countless times before, the authors instead capture the self-images of Russian village women themselves, achieving a nuanced portrait of their multi-layered, self-constructed modern identities."-- Choice, "This work is a good combination of richly contextualized ethnographic descriptions and interpretive analysis. It opens the world of rural Russia to English-speaking readers."--Mariya Lesiv, Slavic and Eastern European Journal, "Olson and Adonyeva skillfully interweave fieldwork data with historical background, theoretical connections, and interpretation. In-depth and balanced, the book covers a number of important topics: the village life cycle, magic and healing, gossip and consumption of mass media, and women's relationship to both traditional and popular music."-Sibelan E. S. Forrester, Swarthmore College, "A gendered presentation of life in the twentieth-century Russian village, with its interplay of power and tradition . . . Industrialization, collectivization, and three wars took a catastrophic toll on the male population. A major result was the feminization of musical culture, including group singing. . . . This innovative study [is] an unprecedented appreciation of women's contributions to Russia's village life."-- The Historian
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
305.40947
Table Of Content
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 Soviet Rural Women's Stories of Courtship and Marriage 4 The 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 Notes References Inde
Synopsis
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 evolution of the Russian village. But how do they see themselves? What do their stories, songs, and customs reveal about their values, desires, and motivations? Based upon nearly three decades of fieldwork, from 1983 to 2010, The Worlds of Russian Rural Women follows three generations of Russian women and shows how they alternately preserve, discard, and rework the cultural traditions of their forebears to suit changing needs and self-conceptions. In a major contribution to the study of folklore, Laura J. Olson and Svetlana Adonyeva document the ways that women's tales of traditional practices associated with marriage, childbirth, and death reflect both upholding and transgression of social norms. Their romance songs, satirical ditties, and healing and harmful magic reveal the complexity of power relations in the Russian villages.
LC Classification Number
HQ1662.O47 2013
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