Gender and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Russian Culture

by Helena Goscilo

Book Overview

Combining concepts and methodologies from anthropology, history, linguistics, literature, music, cultural studies, and film studies, this collection of ten original essays addresses issues crucial to gender and national identity in Russia from the October Revolution of 1917 to the present. Prefaced by an introduction on Russian cultural myths grounded in gender difference, the essays shed new light on such topics as national, cultural, and gender...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875806090
• ISBN13: 9780875806099
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher