Mothers and Daughters: Women of the Intelligentsia in Nineteenth-Century Russia

Mothers and Daughters: Women of the Intelligentsia in Nineteenth-Century Russia
ISBN-10
0810117401
ISBN-13
9780810117402
Series
Mothers and Daughters
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
241
Language
English
Published
2000-02
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Author
Barbara Alpern Engel

Description

"The first psychosocial study of the female intelligentsia in Russia, Mothers and Daughters explains how and why women radicals of the nineteenth century diverged from their male counterparts, describes the forces that led women to rebel, and discusses their mixed legacy to future generations. Barbara Alpern Engel examines her subject on three levels: the traditional family system; early feminism and women's rebellion against the family; and the causes and consequences of women's revolutionary activity. She describes the impact this revolt had on the family and the lives of radical women and the movement's role in inspiring a new feminine mythology. Throughout, Engel brings nineteenth-century women to life, humanizing history as she presents a case study of how the personal became political in a time and place very different from our own." --Book Jacket.

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