«Devka na pore, ne uderzhish’ na dvore…» (Investigations of virginity culture between Russian peasants, the second half of XIX — the beginning of XX c Cover Image

«Девка на поре, не удержишь на дворе…» (О девичьей чести в крестьянской среде Центральной России во второй половине XIX — начале ХХ в.)
«Devka na pore, ne uderzhish’ na dvore…» (Investigations of virginity culture between Russian peasants, the second half of XIX — the beginning of XX c

Author(s): Z. Z. Mukhina
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: young peasant women; everyday life; marriage; female space; gender; tradition; innovation

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the problem of young peasant women before-marriage relations that took a definite place in her everyday life. On the one hand it is compared with the tradi-tional treatment of this problem in Russian historiography, on the other hand — with the pic-ture of young peasant man before-marriage relations. It is demonstrated according to sources that the traditional treatment of before-marriage relations needs the definite correction.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 58-68
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian