Gender and Choice after Socialism

Gender and Choice after Socialism edited by Lynne Attwood, Elisabeth Schimpfössl, Marina Yusupova.

The end of socialism in the Soviet Union and its satellite states ushered in a new era of choice. Yet the idea that people are really free to live as they choose turns out to be problematic. Personal choice is limited by a range of factors such as a person’s economic situation, class, age, governmen...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Attwood, Lynne (Editor), Schimpfössl, Elisabeth (Editor), Yusupova, Marina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Sociology.
Identity politics.
Russia—Politics and government.
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Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Section I Choice and the State
  • Half-Hidden or Half-Open? Scholarly Research on Soviet Homosexuals in Contemporary Russia
  • Transgender, Transition, and Dilemma of Choice in Contemporary Ukraine
  • From the Maidan to the Donbas: The Limitations on Choice for Women in Ukraine
  • Section II Choice and Culture
  • Narrating the Gender Order: Why Do Older Single Women in Russia Say That They Do Not Want to Be in Relationships with Men?
  • Gender and Choice Among Russia’s Upper Class
  • Choosing Whether to Have Children: A Netnographic Study of Women’s Attitudes Towards Childbirth and the Family in Post-Soviet Russia
  • Section III Choice and Modernity
  • Responsible Motherhood, Practices of Reproductive Choice and Class Construction in Contemporary Russia Between Militarism and Antimilitarism: ‘Masculine’ Choice in Post-Soviet Russia
  • Bibliography.-Index.

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