Women in the Khrushchev Era (Studies in Russian and East European History and Society)

Annotation 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 Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Illustrations......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Notes on the Contributors......Page 11 S......Page 14 Z......Page 15 Introduction......Page 16 1 Women in the Khrushchev Era: an Overview......Page 20 2 Women Workers in the Khrushchev Era......Page 44 3 Women and Girls in the Virgin Lands......Page 67 4 ‘Loose Girls’ on the Loose?: Sex, Propaganda and the 1957 Youth Festival......Page 90 5 Mothers and Fathers and the Problem of Selfishness in the Khrushchev Period......Page 111 6 Reconstruction or Reproduction? Mothers and the Great Soviet Family in Cinema after Stalin......Page 129 7 Monitored Selves: Soviet Women’s Autobiographical Texts in the Khrushchev Era......Page 146 8 Women in the Home......Page 164 9 Housing in the Khrushchev Era......Page 192 10 Demystifying the Heavens: Women, Religion and Khrushchev’s Anti-religious Campaign, 1954–64......Page 218 11 The Cold War and the Cosmos: Valentina Tereshkova and the First Woman’s Space Flight......Page 237 Select Bibliography......Page 253 C......Page 264 G......Page 265 L......Page 266 P......Page 267 S......Page 268 Z......Page 269 Exploring diverse subjects - housing, space flight, women workers, cinema, religion and consumption - this 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 Edited By Melanie Ilič, Susan E. Reid And Lynne Attwood. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 238-248) And Index.