Mothers and Daughters
Subtitle: Women of the Intelligentsia in Nineteenth-Century Russia (SRLT)
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: February 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780810117402
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Women's studies; c 1800 to c 1900; Modern - 19th Century; Women's Studies - General; Intellectual History; Women - 19th Century History; Social Science; Sociology; History: World; Russia; Mothers; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Women's Studies - History; Literary Criticism & Collections / Russian & Former Soviet Union; Women in politics; 19th century; Daughters; History
Description: "The first psychosocial study of the female intelligentsia in Russia, Mothers and Daughters explains how and why women radicals of the nineteenth century diverged from their male counterparts, describes the forces that led women to rebel, and discusses their mixed legacy to future generations. Barbara Alpern Engel examines her subject on three levels: the traditional family system; early feminism and women's rebellion against the family; and the causes and consequences of women's revolutionary activity. She describes the impact this revolt had on the family and the lives of radical women and the movement's role in inspiring a new feminine mythology. Throughout, Engel brings nineteenth-century women to life, humanizing history as she presents a case study of how the personal became political in a time and place very different from our own."--Jacket.