Gender and Sexuality in Russian Civilisation

<p><em>Gender and Sexuality in Russian Civilisation</em> considers gender and sexuality in modern Russia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Chapters look individually at gender and sexuality through history art folklore philosophy or literaturebut are also arranged into sections according to the arguments they develop. A number of chapters also consider Russia in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods. Thematic sections include:<br>*Gender and Power<br>*Gender and National Identity<br>*Sexual Identity and Artistic Impression<br>*Literary Discourse of Male and Female Sexualities<br>*Sexuality and Literature in Contemporary Russian Society</p>