Synopses & Reviews
Peasant patriarchs, aristocratic dandies, anxious bureaucrats, workers seeking father-figures, and promiscuous bathhouse attendants populate this volume. Its essays examine how ideals of manliness intersected with historical developments, the formation of national identities, and changing definitions of intimacy. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of gender theory and Russian theory alike.
Review
"The sheer sweep of its scope and goals are at the root of this pathbreaking collection's accomplishments..."--Abby M. Schrader, Slavic Review
Synopsis
From the lovers of Peter the Great to the birth of the Russian "queen," this collection presents research from the new field of Russian masculinity studies.
About the Author
Barbara Evans Clements is Professor of History Emeritus, University of Akron, Washington.
Rebecca Friedman is Assistant Professor of History, Florida International University, Miami.
Dan Healey is Lecturer in Russian History, University of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction:
B.E.Clements 'What's Love Got to Do With It?': Changing Models of Masculinity in Muscovite and Petrine Russia;
N.S.Kollmann From Boys to Men: Manhood in the Nicholaevan University;
R.Friedman Russian Dandyism: Constructing a Man of Fashion;
O.Vainshtein Masculinity in Late-Imperial Russian Society;
C.D.Worobec Masculinity in Transition: Peasant Migrants to Late Imperial St Petersburg;
S.A.Smith Marriage and Masculinity in Late Imperial Russia: The 'Hard Cases':
B.A.Engel The Education of the Will: Advice Literature,
Zakal, and Manliness in Early Twentieth-Century Russia;
C.Kelly The Disappearance of the Russian Queen, or How the Soviet Closet Was Born;
D.Healey Masculinity and Heroism in Imperial and Soviet Military-Patriotic Cultures;
K.Petrone Socialism in One Gender: Masculine Values in the Stalin Revolution;
T.G.Schrand 'If You Want to Be Like Me, Train!': The Contradictions of Soviet Masculinity;
J.Gilmour & B.E.Clements Conclusions:
R.Friedman & D.Healey Index