Elena Gan, Society's Judgment

Authors

Jane T. Costlow, Bates CollegeFollow

Publication Title

Russian Women, 1698-1917 Experience and Expression, An Anthology of Sources

Document Type

Book Chapter - Open Access

Department or Program

Environmental Studies

Publication Date

9-2002

Abstract

This rich anthology of source materials makes available for the first time in any language a multitude of primary sources on the lives of Russian women from the reign of Peter the Great to the Bolshevik revolution. The selections are drawn from a wide variety of documents, published and unpublished, including memoirs, diaries, legal codes, correspondence, short fiction, poetry, ethnographic observations, and folklore. Primacy is given to sources produced by women and previously unavailable in English translation. Organized thematically, the documents focus on women’s family life, work and schooling, public activism, creative self-expression, and sexuality and spirituality, as well as on the cultural ideals and legal framework which constrained women of all social classes.

Comments

Original version is available from the publisher at: http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=21232

Recommended Citation

Coslow, J. (2002). Elena Gan, Society's Judgment. In Robin Bisha, Jehanne Gheith, Christine Holden and William G Wagner (Eds.), Russian Women, 1698-1917: Experience and Expression, An Anthology of Sources (pp. 209-212). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.