Sexuality in the Private Life of Russian Woman (10th-20th cc.) : Impact of Orthodox and State-ruled Gender Orders Cover Image

Сексуальность в частной жизни русской женщины (10-20 вв.): влияние православного и этакратического гендерных порядков
Sexuality in the Private Life of Russian Woman (10th-20th cc.) : Impact of Orthodox and State-ruled Gender Orders

Author(s): N. L. Pushkarjova
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: Private life; women; everyday life; state-ruled gender order; Orthodoxy; history of sexuality; history of Russian sexual culture

Summary/Abstract: Characterizing the role and place of sexuality in the everyday life of Russian women, the author considers the 10th-19th cc. “the ages of Orthodox Gender order” and the centuries of repressive sexuality, and the 20th c. – the time of sexual revolution, which had seriously increased the significance of this component in the biographies of the Russian women.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 3-17
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Russian