Russian Masculinities in History and Culture

From the romantic liaisons of Peter the Great to the birth of the Russian 'queen', this collection of essays presents recent research from the new field of Russian masculinity studies. Peasant patriarchs, aristocratic dandies, anxious young bureaucrats, workers in search of father figures, heroic warriors, promiscuous bathhouse attendants and vodka-soaked athletic stars populate this volume. Its essays take as a starting point the notion that masculinity, like femininity, has a history.

'The sheer sweep of its scope and goals are at the root of this pathbreaking collection's accomplishments...' - Abby M. Schrader, Slavic Review

'...an extremely interesting study of a hugely important topic. An excellent example of historical scholarship in its own right, it should lay the foundation for further research into Russian, Soviet, and indeed post-Soviet masculinites.' - Graham H.Roberts, University of Surrey, Slavonica

Autorentext
BARBARA ALPERN ENGEL Professor of History, University of Colorado, Boulder, JULIE GILMOUR Doctoral Candidate, University of Chicago, CATRIONA KELLY Reader in Russian, New College, University of Oxford, NANCY SHIELDS KOLLMANN Professor of History, Stanford University KAREN PETRONE Associate Professor of History, University of Kentucky, THOMAS G. SCHRAND Associate Professor of History, Philadelphia University S.A. SMITH Professor of History, University of Essex, OLGA VAINSHTEIN Lecturer, Russian State Humanities University, Moscow, CHRISTINE D. WOROBEC Associate Professor of History, Northern Illinois University.

Inhalt
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