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[GENDER STUDIES] Gender v obscestve i istorii. Sbornik statei [i.e. Gender and society in history. Collection of articles]

Repina, L.P.

Item #2690

St. Petersburg: Aleteia, 2007 696 p. 23 × 14 cm. Original illustrated boards. Very good condition.

First and only edition.
Edited by Lorina Repina (1947), who is well-known as a Russian gender scholar and the complier of the almanac ‘Adam i Eva’, which covered Russian gender studies in 2000s. The first section is titled “Marriage, Family, Love” features various contributions from different authors. A. A. Pavlov discusses the theme of marriage as either love or virtue through ancient studies, while also exploring Lucretian physiology of love. A. A. Svanidze examines marriage in the context of Icelandic sagas, and Y. P. Krylova reflects on Geoffroy de la Tour Landry’s intent to write a book about these themes. N. V. Dyundik analyzes family and marriage within the life of a French aristocrat in the early 18th century. O. Yu. Solodyankina discusses the role of foreign governesses in family dynamics, and Y. Shlyumbom addresses childhood issues in Germany from 1700 to 1850. O. D. Shemyakina explores cultural symbols and women’s happiness through the lens of a Moscow housewife’s love story. V. A. Veremenko investigates interfaith marriages in Russia during the late 19th to early 20th centuries, and T. B. Kotlova looks at marriage and divorce in the lives of urban women at the turn of the 19th to 20th century. The section “Gender Perspective in Social History” features a range of scholarly works examining gender roles throughout history.
O. P. Smirnova discusses the cult of Vesta in Roman society as both a reflection and model of cultural norms. L. N. Chernova analyzes businesswomen in medieval London (14—16th centuries), while E. N. Kirillova presents a case of a non-gender conflict involving cap makers from 1576 to 1581. N. D. Kryuchkova explores how secular society served as a means of self-realization for aristocratic women in mid-Victorian England. S. A. Yeremeyeva investigates the “Priutinskoye Brotherhood” as a union of brothers and sisters. T. V. Koroleva studies the phenomenon of social feminism in the early 20th-century French women’s movement, and L. N. Denisova reflects on the life of Russian peasant women in the 20th-century. The subsequent subsection, “Behavior Models: Norms and Deviations,” includes M. E. Kurilov’s examination of ritualistic women’s agonistics in classical Sparta, A. G. Supriyanovich’s insights into medieval notions of masculinity through knightly romances, and G. S. Zelena’s accounts of 16—17th century foreigners’ observations of sodomites in Muscovy. M. A. Bulanakova provides a literary biography of Lady Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, highlighting her social experiences, while E. A. Vishlenkova discusses norms and deviations at Kazan University in the early 19th century. S. V. Golikova analyzes Ural materials from the 19th century on the topic of snokhachestvo, and N. S. Krelenko reflects on the individual in the context of the era through the case of Maria Bashkirtseva.
The “Gender Studies” book series, established in 2001 with the support of the J. D. and C. T. MacArthur Foundation, focused on various aspects of gender research.

Worldcat locates 15 copies at Harvard University, NYPL, Columbia University, Library of Congress, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago, Dake University, University of North Carolina, Indiana University, University of Washington, University of the South, University of Oregon, Stanford University, UCLA.

Price: $250.00