Family and the State in Soviet Lithuania: Gender, Law and Society - Couverture souple

Leinarte, Dalia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1350254894 ISBN 13 : 9781350254893

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023

Synopsis

If the home remained a safe space for families during the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, why is it that the memories of women’s domestic lives in Soviet Lithuania are so fragmented? In Family and the State in Soviet Lithuania, Dalia Leinarte deftly challenges the commonplace ‘kitchen culture’ idea that the home was a site of silent resistance where traditional Lithuanian values continued to be nurtured. Instead, this fascinating book reveals how the totalitarian state gradually abolished the private lives of Lithuanian families altogether. Based on over 100 interviews and an array of archival sources, this book analyses how family policy formed the everyday life of men and women and considers how the internalisation of Soviet ideology took place in the private sphere. From a well-developed after-school activity program for children to strict rules regarding the working hours of men and women, ultimately the family could not remain isolated from the regime. Family and the State in Soviet Lithuania is the first book to explore family policy in the Soviet Baltic states and is therefore a vital resource for scholars of Soviet and gender history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dalia Leinarte is Professor of History at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, and Fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, UK. She is the author of Adopting and Remembering Soviet Reality (2010).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1350254894
• ISBN 13: 9781350254893
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 226
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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