Gender and housing in Soviet Russia :: private life in a public space /

This book explores the housing problem throughout the 70 years of Soviet history, looking 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. She examines th...

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Main Author: Attwood, Lynne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2010
Series:Gender in history.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This book explores the housing problem throughout the 70 years of Soviet history, looking 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. She examines the use of housing to alter gender relations, and the ways in which domestic space was differentially experienced by men and women. Much of Attwood's material comes from Soviet magazines and journals, which enables her to demonstrate how official ideas on housing and daily life changed during the course of the Soviet era, and were propagandised to the population. Through a series of in-depth interviews, she also draws on the memories of people with direct experience of Soviet housing and domestic life. Attwood has produced not just a history of housing, but a social history of daily life which will appeal both to scholars and those with a general interest in Soviet history.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 262 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781781701768
9781847792631
1781701768
1847792634

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