No More Heroines?

Russia, Women and the Market

By: Sue Bridger, Rebecca Kay, Kathryn Pinnick

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Paperback | 30 November 1995 | Edition Number 1

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"No More Heroines" deals with the changes in the image of Russian women in the imaginations that occurred after the collapse of Soviet rule and the emergence of independent Russia. The robust tractor drivers and athletes have been replaced by glamorous but vulnerable beauty queens or the disheveled woman trading goods on the street.
"No More Heroines" takes a close look at what lies behind these images and how Russian women are coping with a very difficult sort of life. It looks at effect of unemployment on Russian women and how they are coping with it. The authors examine why women have been targeted for redundancy and the problems they face in the emerging Russian labor market. It explores the response of the state, a range of women's organizations and of individual women themselves to the new situation.
Based on case studies and personal interviews carried out in the Moscow region in 1993-1994, "No More Heroines" provides access to the thinking of women and their organizations in Russia today.

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..."Lets the world know the real effects of the dramatic changes of the late twentieth century for the Russian population and for Russian women especially. The authors' precise and profound analysis shows how Soviet ideas of women's emancipation were transformed in the new economic context of Russia into sexist propaganda and second class theorizing. I thank them on behalf of the grandmothers, mothers and sisters of my land." -Marina Malysheva, "Moscow Centre for Gender Studies ..."Provides an excellent discussion of the hardships and opportunities for women in post-Soviet Russia. Allowing women to speak for themselves, its authors capture the atmosphere of insecurity, hope, entrepreneurship and disillusion." -Mary Buckley, "The University of Edinburgh

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Series editor's preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: No more heroines?	p. 1
The Legacy of Perestroika	p. 15
Women and Unemployment	p. 39
Living Standards: The Not So Smooth Transition to the Market	p. 55
Tackling Unemployment: The State's Response to a Changing Labour Market	p. 79
Creating Employment: The Response of Women's Organisations	p. 95
Women and Business	p. 117
Survival Strategies	p. 147
Sexual Exploitation and the New Labour Market	p. 165
In conclusion: Transition's victims or heroines of survival?	p. 193
Appendix: Background to the case-studies	p. 201
Notes	p. 205
Bibliography	p. 210
Index	p. 218
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