Gender and Housing in Soviet Russia: Private Life in a Public Space

by Lynne Attwood

Book Overview

This book explores the housing problem throughout the seventy years of Soviet history. It looks at changing political ideology on appropriate forms of housing under socialism, successive government policies on housing, and the meaning and experience of 'home' for Soviet citizens. Ultimately, it examines the use of housing to alter gender relations, and the ways in which domestic space was differentially experienced by men and women.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526122863
• ISBN13: 9781526122865
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"