TY  - BOOK
ED  - Tosi, Alessandra
ED  - Rosslyn, Wendy
AB  - Russian women of the nineteenth century are often thought of in their literary incarnations as the heroines of novels such as Anna Karenina and War and Peace. But their real counterparts are now becoming better understood as active contributors to Russia’s varied cultural landscape. This collection of essays examines the lives of women across Russia – from wealthy noblewomen in St Petersburg to desperately poor peasants in Siberia – discussing their interaction with the church and the law, and their rich contribution to music, art, literature and theatre. It shows how women struggled for greater autonomy and, both individually and collectively, developed a dynamic but often overlooked presence in Russia's culture and society during the long nineteenth century (1800-1917). Women in Nineteenth-Century Russia provides invaluable reading for anyone interested in Russian history, nineteenth-century culture and gender studies.
DO  - 10.11647/OBP.0018
ID  - OAPEN ID: 646734
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 785989178
KW  - women's history
KW  - cultural studies
KW  - russian literature
KW  - russian religion
KW  - russian culture
KW  - nineteenth century russia
KW  - feminism
KW  - russian art
KW  - music
KW  - theatre
KW  - russian history
KW  - gender studies
KW  - women in the arts
KW  - Moscow
KW  - Peasant
KW  - Rape
KW  - Saint Petersburg
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/7293a8e5-c699-48f5-a3d3-74be285de858/646734.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30299
PB  - Open Book Publishers
PY  - 2012
SN  - 9781906924652
TI  - Women in Nineteenth-Century Russia : Lives and Culture
ER  - 
