Women in the Khrushchev Era
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Women in the Khrushchev Era

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Women in the Khrushchev Era

About this book

This collection of essays examines women in the Khrushchev era, using both newly-accessible archival material and a re-reading of published sources. Exploring diverse subjects including housing, space flight, women workers, cinema, religion and consumption, the volume places the analysis of specific events or issues within a broader discussion of economic, political, ideological and international developments to provide a full analysis of the era.

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Yes, you can access Women in the Khrushchev Era by M. Ilic, S. Reid, L. Attwood, M. Ilic,S. Reid,L. Attwood in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Eastern European History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. List of Tables
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Notes on the Contributors
  7. Glossary of Russian Terms and Abbreviations
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Women in the Khrushchev Era: an Overview
  10. 2 Women Workers in the Khrushchev Era
  11. 3 Women and Girls in the Virgin Lands
  12. 4 ‘Loose Girls’ on the Loose?: Sex, Propaganda and the 1957 Youth Festival
  13. 5 Mothers and Fathers and the Problem of Selfishness in the Khrushchev Period
  14. 6 Reconstruction or Reproduction? Mothers and the Great Soviet Family in Cinema after Stalin
  15. 7 Monitored Selves: Soviet Women’s Autobiographical Texts in the Khrushchev Era
  16. 8 Women in the Home
  17. 9 Housing in the Khrushchev Era
  18. 10 Demystifying the Heavens: Women, Religion and Khrushchev’s Anti-religious Campaign, 1954–64
  19. 11 The Cold War and the Cosmos: Valentina Tereshkova and the First Woman’s Space Flight
  20. Select Bibliography
  21. Index