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- catalog abstract ""Village Mothers describes the reception of modern medical ideas and practices by three generations of Russian and Tatar village women in the twentieth century. It first traces the entry of Western medical discourse on reproduction into Russia and its extension to the countryside during the Soviet period. Using the village mothers' own words, as captured in 100 oral interviews collected by the author and his collaborators in the early 1990s, David L. Ransel shows how the women mediated the inherited beliefs of their families and communities, the claims of the state to control reproduction, and their personal desires for a better life. The interviews tell of willing acceptance of some changes and selective acceptance of or outright resistance to others. The women interviewed were subject to powerful forces beyond their control, ranging from patriarchal tyranny to civil war, governmental coercion and violence, famine, and world war. Their testimonies, however, reveal the strategies by which they maintained a measure of personal control and choice that enabled them to build a sense of independence, endure hardship, and give meaning to their lives. The scope of these personal histories and the detailed information they convey about everyday life in rural Soviet communities provide an important and fascinating portrait of socio-cultural continuity and transformation in twentieth-century Russia."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11966107.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Village Mothers describes the reception of modern medical ideas and practices by three generations of Russian and Tatar village women in the twentieth century. It first traces the entry of Western medical discourse on reproduction into Russia and its extension to the countryside during the Soviet period. Using the village mothers' own words, as captured in 100 oral interviews collected by the author and his collaborators in the early 1990s, David L. Ransel shows how the women mediated the inherited beliefs of their families and communities, the claims of the state to control reproduction, and their personal desires for a better life. The interviews tell of willing acceptance of some changes and selective acceptance of or outright resistance to others.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-306) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Child welfare before the Revolution -- Soviet efforts to transform village mothering -- Courtship and marriage -- Fertility choices -- Giving birth -- Baptism and equivalent Muslim rites -- Coping with infant death -- Child care -- Conclusion. Life and loyalty in hard times -- Appendix A. List of informants -- Appendix B. Questionnaire.".
- catalog description "The women interviewed were subject to powerful forces beyond their control, ranging from patriarchal tyranny to civil war, governmental coercion and violence, famine, and world war. Their testimonies, however, reveal the strategies by which they maintained a measure of personal control and choice that enabled them to build a sense of independence, endure hardship, and give meaning to their lives. The scope of these personal histories and the detailed information they convey about everyday life in rural Soviet communities provide an important and fascinating portrait of socio-cultural continuity and transformation in twentieth-century Russia."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "viii, 314 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Village mothers.".
- catalog identifier "0253338255 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Village mothers.".
- catalog isPartOf "Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington : Indiana University Press,".
- catalog relation "Village mothers.".
- catalog spatial "Russia (Federation)".
- catalog spatial "Russia".
- catalog spatial "Russia.".
- catalog subject "2001 C-998".
- catalog subject "306.874/3 21".
- catalog subject "Child Welfare Russia History.".
- catalog subject "HQ759 .R34 2000".
- catalog subject "Maternal Welfare Russia History.".
- catalog subject "Maternal Welfare ethnology Russia.".
- catalog subject "Mothers Russia (Federation) History.".
- catalog subject "Mothers Russia (Federation) Interviews.".
- catalog subject "Mothers Russia (Federation) Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "Rural Health Russia History.".
- catalog subject "WA 11 GR9 R212v 2000".
- catalog subject "Women's Health Services organization & administration Russia.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Child welfare before the Revolution -- Soviet efforts to transform village mothering -- Courtship and marriage -- Fertility choices -- Giving birth -- Baptism and equivalent Muslim rites -- Coping with infant death -- Child care -- Conclusion. Life and loyalty in hard times -- Appendix A. List of informants -- Appendix B. Questionnaire.".
- catalog title "Village mothers : three generations of change in Russia and Tataria / David L. Ransel.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Interviews. fast".
- catalog type "text".