Waiting at the Prison Gate
Subtitle: Women, Identity and the Russian Penal System
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781784536602
Subjects: Russia (federation), social conditions
Description: "The Russian Federation has one of the largest prison populations in the world. Women in particular are profoundly affected by the imprisonment of a family member. Families and Punishment in Russia details the experiences of these women-be they wives, mothers, girlfriends, daughters-who, as relatives of Russia's three-quarters of a million prisoners, are the "invisible victims" of the country's harsh penal policy. A pioneering work that offers a unique lens through which various aspects of life in twenty-first century Russia can be observed: the workings of criminal sub-cultures; societal attitudes to parenthood, marriage and marital fidelity; young women's quests for a husband; nostalgia for the Soviet period; state strategies towards dealing with political opponents; and the social construction of gender roles."--Bloomsbury Publishing.