Men without Women

Masculinity and Revolution in Russian Fiction, 1917-1929

Автор: Eliot Borenstein

Език:

Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: Duke University Press

Наличност: 50% вероятност

Ще претърсим света

133.05 € 260.23 лв

In Men without Women Eliot Borenstein examines the literature of the early Soviet period to shed new...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Eliot Borenstein

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2001

страници

368

EAN

9780822325789

ISBN

0822325780

Enbook ID

04937312

Издател

Duke University Press

Теглоt

717

Размери

160 x 237 x 31

Пълно описание

In Men without Women Eliot Borenstein examines the literature of the early Soviet period to shed new light on the iconic Russian concept of comradeship. By analysing a variety of Russian writers who span the ideological spectrum, Borenstein provides an illuminating reading of the construction of masculinity in Soviet culture. In each example he identifies the replacement of blood ties with ideology and the creation of a social order in which the family has been supplanted by the collective. In such works as Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel, Envy by Yuri Olesha, and Chevengur by Andrei Platanov women are either absent or transformed into bodiless abstractions. Their absence, claims Borenstein, reflects the masculine values that are hallmarks of the post-revolutionary era: production rather than reproduction, participation in history rather than domestic ahistoricity, heavy industry, construction, and struggle. He identifies in this literature groups of Men without Women replacing the family, even while the metaphor of family is used as an organising feature of their recurring revolutionary missions. With the passage of time, these characters' relationships-just as those in the Soviet culture of the time-begin to resemble the family structure that was originally rejected and destroyed, with one important exception: the new "families" had no place for women. According to Borenstein, this masculinist myth found its most congenial audience during the early period of communism, but its hostility to women and family ties could not survive into the Stalinist era when women, home, and family were no longer seen as antithetical to socialism. Drawing on the theory and writings of Levi-Strauss, Girard, Sedgwick, and others, Men without Women will be of interest to students and scholars of Slavic literature and history as well as specialists in literary theory and gender studies.

Може също да ви хареса

Клиенти, които купиха тази книга, купиха също

Най-често търсени

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Продукти

Продукти

Най-често търсени

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Продукти

Продукти

Men without Women

Masculinity and Revolution in Russian Fiction, 1917-1929

Информация за книгата

Пълно описание

Може също да ви хареса

Клиенти, които купиха тази книга, купиха също