Analysis of «the outstanding features» of the historical appearance of the woman-merchant of provincial Russia in 60—90-th years of the XIX century (O Cover Image

Анализ «выдающихся черт» исторического облика женщины-купчихи провинциальной России в 60—90-е гг. XIX в. (На примере купеческого семейства Гладковых и
Analysis of «the outstanding features» of the historical appearance of the woman-merchant of provincial Russia in 60—90-th years of the XIX century (O

Author(s): E. N. Menshikova
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: woman-merchant's wife; provincial Russia; the post-reform period; life style; historical character; social character

Summary/Abstract: On materials of the regional archives (the State archive of the Kursk region and Kursk state museum of local lore) the article describes the features of the historical image of the woman merchant of provincial Russia in 60—90-th years of the XIX century. As the research-models the representatives of two generations of merchant’s family Gladkovyh (one of the most influential families of the Kursk province in the second half of the XIX-th century),which went through like all merchants, significant changes of life style in the conditions of post-reform Russia in 60—90-th years of the XIX century were taken. Reconstruction of the «women's history» of family Gladkovyh breaks the stereotype perception of the «women's world» of provincial merchant class as a reserved, hard-hierarchical one, the space of which excluded non-standard behavior of women, became isolated only in private life

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 24-33
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian