Women, Gender, and Socialist Ideology in Soviet Russia

David L. Hoffmann (Autor)

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196 Seiten

2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-83139-8 (ISBN)

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This book examines the place of women in Soviet Russia from the 1917 Revolution through the post-World War II period, discussing how the Soviet construction of gender perpetuated inequality even as it dramatically expanded women’s roles in society.

Chapters explore Bolshevik activists’ ideals of women’s liberation and their failure to realize these ideals; the significance of women’s labor to the Soviet economy, alongside continued workplace discrimination; state reproductive policies and essentialist understandings of femininity; women’s World War II military service and representations of gender in postwar commemorations; and the role of socialist ideology in the formation of the Soviet system and Stalinist culture. Throughout, Hoffmann places Soviet history in its international context, including comparisons of Soviet women’s social positions with those of their counterparts in other countries. The book makes clear the centrality of the Soviet gender order to the country’s social, cultural, and political history, as well as providing an important historical case for understanding the broader struggle for women’s equality.

Intended for students and scholars alike, this book is a valuable resource for all those interested in gender history, Soviet history, labor history and World War II.

David L. Hoffmann is College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History at The Ohio State University. He is the author of four previous monographs—Peasant Metropolis: Social Identities in Moscow, 1929-1941 (1994); Stalinist Values: The Cultural Norms of Soviet Modernity (2003); Cultivating the Masses: Modern State Practices and Soviet Socialism (2011); and The Stalinist Era (2018). He also edited Russian Modernity: Politics, Knowledge, Practices (2000); Stalinism: The Essential Readings (2002); and The Memory of the Second World War in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia (2022).

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Gender and Women’s Roles

1. The Soviet Gender Order and the Elusiveness of Women’s Equality

2. Women’s Work and the Gendered Division of Labor during the Stalinist Era

3. Mothers in the Motherland: Stalinist Pronatalism in its Pan-European Context

4. Representations of Gender in Soviet War Memorials

Part II. Ideology and Culture

5. Socialist Ideology, State Interventionism, and Soviet Governance in its International Context

6. Was there a “Great Retreat” from Soviet Socialism? Stalinist Culture Reconsidered

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.4.2026
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe
Zusatzinfo	10 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-032-83139-1 / 1032831391
ISBN-13	978-1-032-83139-8 / 9781032831398
Zustand	Neuware