Rural women in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia /
Denisova, L. N.
Mukhina, Irina,1979-
London : Routledge,
2010.
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Employment patterns among rural women -- Unskilled labor in the countryside -- Female mechanics and machines operators -- Women at the animal wards -- Women as collective farm leaders and agricultural specialists -- Rural intelligentsia -- Migration to cities and the position of newcomers -- pt. 2. Private life -- The politics of private life : the evolution and transformation of the Soviet Family Code -- Marriages -- Conflicts and divorces -- Domostroi -- Alcoholism in the countryside -- The female face of the criminal world -- Women of the oldest profession -- Religion -- Triple-burden lifestyle -- Household chores -- The special environment of the village life -- Protection of childhood and motherhood in the countryside -- Abortions.
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