{"product_id":"men-without-women-masculinity-and-revolution-in-russian-fiction-1917-1929-paperback","title":"Men without Women: Masculinity and Revolution in Russian Fiction, 1917-1929 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEliot Borenstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMen without Women\u003c\/i\u003e Eliot Borenstein examines the literature of the early Soviet period to shed new light on the iconic Russian concept of comradeship. By analyzing a variety of Russian writers who span the ideological spectrum, Borenstein provides an illuminating reading of the construction of masculinity in Soviet culture. In each example he identifies the replacement of blood ties with ideology and the creation of a social order in which the family has been supplanted by the collective.\u003cbr\u003eIn such works as \u003ci\u003eRed Cavalry\u003c\/i\u003e by Isaac Babel, \u003ci\u003eEnvy\u003c\/i\u003e by Yuri Olesha, and \u003ci\u003eChevengur\u003c\/i\u003e by Andrei Platonov women are either absent or transformed into bodiless abstractions. Their absence, claims Borenstein, reflects the masculine values that are hallmarks of the post-revolutionary era: production rather than reproduction, participation in history rather than domestic ahistoricity, heavy industry, construction, and struggle. He identifies in this literature groups of \"men without women\" replacing the family, even while the metaphor of family is used as an organizing feature of their recurring revolutionary missions. With the passage of time, these characters' relationships-just as those in the Soviet culture of the time-begin to resemble the family structure that was originally rejected and destroyed, with one important exception: the new \"families\" had no place for women. According to Borenstein, this masculinist myth found its most congenial audience during the early period of communism, but its hostility to women and family ties could not survive into the Stalinist era when women, home, and family were no longer seen as antithetical to socialism.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the theory and writings of Levi-Strauss, Girard, Sedgwick, and others, \u003ci\u003eMen Without Women\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to students and scholars of Slavic literature and history as well as specialists in literary theory and gender studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell versed in theory and thoroughly knowledgeable about Russian political and cultural life, Borenstein provides an excellent contribution to the burgeoning field of gender studies in Russian and Soviet literatures.--Adele Barker, University of Arizona\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEliot Borenstein is Assistant Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750820643104,"sku":"9780822325925","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4c0f05520aba3a0d8d7b4ffae48b86b0.webp?v=1779958568","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/men-without-women-masculinity-and-revolution-in-russian-fiction-1917-1929-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}