Gender and housing in Soviet Russia Private life in a public space.
Attwood, Lynne.
Gender and housing in Soviet Russia Private life in a public space. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (269 pages) - Gender in History .
Includes bibliographies and index.
9780719081453; 9780719081453; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 New byt, new woman, new forms of housing; 2 The New Economic Policy; 3 Housing cooperatives; 4 Communes, hostels and barracks; 5 The 'second socialist offensive'; 6 The retreat from new byt; 7 Communal living by default; 8 The Great Patriotic War and its aftermath; 9 The Khrushchev era:'To every family its own apartment'; 10 The Brezhnev years; 11 The Gorbachev era:the end of a socialist housing policy; 12 Personal tales; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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.
9781847792631
Housing--Soviet Union.
Sex role--Soviet Union.
Women--Social conditions.--Soviet Union
Housing--Soviet Union.
Women--Social conditions.--Soviet Union
Sex role--Soviet Union.
Electronic Books.
HD7345 / .G463 2010
Gender and housing in Soviet Russia Private life in a public space. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (269 pages) - Gender in History .
Includes bibliographies and index.
9780719081453; 9780719081453; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 New byt, new woman, new forms of housing; 2 The New Economic Policy; 3 Housing cooperatives; 4 Communes, hostels and barracks; 5 The 'second socialist offensive'; 6 The retreat from new byt; 7 Communal living by default; 8 The Great Patriotic War and its aftermath; 9 The Khrushchev era:'To every family its own apartment'; 10 The Brezhnev years; 11 The Gorbachev era:the end of a socialist housing policy; 12 Personal tales; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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.
9781847792631
Housing--Soviet Union.
Sex role--Soviet Union.
Women--Social conditions.--Soviet Union
Housing--Soviet Union.
Women--Social conditions.--Soviet Union
Sex role--Soviet Union.
Electronic Books.
HD7345 / .G463 2010