Worlds of Russian Village Women Tradition, Transgression, Compromise

Name: Worlds of Russian Village Women Tradition, Transgression, Compromise
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ISBN: 9780299290344

ISBN-10: 0299290344

ISBN-13: 9780299290344

Edition: 2012

Authors: Laura J. Olson, Svetlana Adonyeva

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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 Womenfollows three generations of Russian women and shows how they alternately preserve, discard, and rework the cultural traditions of their…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 1/10/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration and Translation


Introduction: Tradition, Transgression, Compromise



Traditions of Patriarchy and the Missing Female Voice in Russian Folklore Scholarship



Age and Gender Status and Identity: Structure and History



Subjectivity and the Relational Self in Russian Village Women's Stories of Courtship and Marriage



The Pleasure, Power, and Nostalgia of Melodrama: Twentieth-Century Singing Traditions and Women's Identity Construction



Transgression as Communicative Act: Rural Women's Chastushki



Magical Forces and the Symbolic Resources of Motherhood



Magic, Control, and Social Roles



Constructing Identity in Stories of the Other World



Death, the Dead, and Memory-Keepers


Conclusion


Glossary


Notes


References


Index