The worlds of Russian village women : tradition, transgression, compromise /

Olson, Laura J., 1962-

The worlds of Russian village women : tradition, transgression, compromise / Laura J. Olson and Svetlana Adonyeva. - 1 online resource (xiii, 368 pages) : illustrations - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-351) and index.

Traditions of Patriarchy and the Missing Female Voice in Russian Folklore Scholarship -- Age and Gender Status and Identity: Structure and History -- Subjectivity and the Relational Self in Russian Village Women's Stories of Courtship and Marriage -- Pleasure, Power, and Nostalgia of Melodrama: Twentieth-Century Singing Traditions and Women's Identity Construction -- Transgression as Communicative Act: Rural Women's Chastushki -- Magical Forces and the Symbolic Resources of Motherhood -- Magic, Control, and Social Roles -- Constructing Identity in Stories of the Other World -- Death, the Dead, and Memory-Keepers. Machine generated contents note: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

0299290336 (electronic bk.) 9780299290337 (electronic bk.) 9781283991018 1283991012 (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)

430351 MIL EA0791B7-0222-4B78-886F-C78C1B19C720 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com


Rural women--Social conditions.--Russia
Folklore--Russia.
Women.
Rural population.
Women
Folklore
Rural Population
Folklore--Russie.
Femmes.
Population rurale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Women's Studies.
Folklore.
Rural women--Social conditions.


Russia
Russia.


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