Mothers and soldiers
Subtitle: gender, citizenship, and civil society in contemporary Russia
By: Amy Caiazza.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Mothers and sons -- Russia (Federation); Draft -- Russia (Federation) -- Social aspects.; Women's rights -- Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions.
Description: "As the Soviet communist regime gave way to democracy the emergence of an entirely new political and social landscape had the potential to turn Russian society upside down. In Mothers and Soldiers Amy Caiazza looks at the effects of this seismic change on gender roles, and specifically the role of women in a newly democratic Russia. Observing through a gendered lens, institutions like the military, and the process of making public policy, Caiazza finds that despite the institutional disruption, the pattern of gender role ideologies maintained continuity from the former times while at the same time embracing aspects of Western feminism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-187) and index.