Gender, Generation and Identity in Contemporary Russia
Гендер, поколение и идентичность в современной России
2002-09-11
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Part I: Surviving the New Social Environment: Strategies at Home, Work and School 1. Gender and Generation on the New Russian Labour Market 2. Employment Strategies and the Formation of New Identities in the Service Sector in Moscow 3. Women's Career Patterns in Industry: A Generational Comparison 4. Orientations, Re-Orientations or Disorientations? Expectations of the Future among Russian School Leavers Part II: The New Russian Woman: Femininity, Sexuality and Power 5. Young People, Sex and Sexual Identity 6. Beliefs about Reproductive Health : Young Russian Women Talking 7. Young People's Attitudes Towards Sex Roles and Sexuality 8. Love, Sex and Marriage: The Female Mirror (Value Orientations of Young Women in Russia) 9. Sexual Violence Towards Women Part III: Gender, Identity and Cultural Practice 10. Youth Culture in Russia: Gender, Consumption and Identity Formation 11. Young Women in Provincial Gang Culture: A Case Study of Ul'ianovsk 12. Farewell to the Tusovka Masculinities and Femininities on the Moscow Youth Scene 13. The Body Encoded: Notes in the Folklore of Pregnancy
Key Findings
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Generational comparisons reveal changing women’s career patterns and the formation of new occupational identities, particularly in Moscow’s service sector and industry.
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Research on young Russian women explores changing femininity, reproductive-health beliefs, sexual identities, attitudes toward sex roles, marriage, and experiences of sexual violence.
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Studies of school leavers and young people identify uncertainty, reorientation, and disorientation in expectations about the future, sexuality, and adult roles.
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The volume examines how gender and generation shape adaptation strategies across Russia’s changing labour market, workplaces, schools, and households.
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The volume links youth culture, consumption, provincial gang culture, Moscow social scenes, and pregnancy folklore to the cultural construction of gendered identities.
Research Object
Gender and generational identity formation among Russian youth and women in contemporary Russia
Research Subject
The effects of changing social environments and cultural practices on gender roles, sexuality, employment strategies, expectations, and identity formation
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