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And They Lived Happily Ever After: Norms and Everyday Practices of Family and Parenthood in Russia and Eastern Europe book cover

1st Edition

And They Lived Happily Ever After Norms and Everyday Practices of Family and Parenthood in Russia and Eastern Europe

Edited By Yulia Gradskova, Helene Carlback, Zhanna Kravchenko Copyright 2012
338 Pages
by Central European University Press

Takes a comparative perspective on family life and childhood in the past half century in Russia and Eastern Europe, highlighting similarities and differences. Focuses on the problematic domains of the institutions and laws devised to cope with family difficulties, and discusses the social strains created by the transition from communist to post-communist national systems. In addition to the... Read more
List of Abbreviations, Preface, Introduction, PART I 1940s–1980s The Family as a “Basic Unit of Socialist Society”, PART II 1990s–2000s Social Transformation in the Mirror of Family Life, Notes on Contributors, Index

Biography

Yulia Gradskova, holds a Ph.D. in History from Stockholm University. She is currently lecturer in History at Södertörn University. She has published several articles on femininity constructions, maternity and beauty in the Soviet and contemporary Russian context. She is also involved in the research project Family and the Strong State: Emancipation or Coercion? (Södertörn University).

Helene Carlbäck is Associate Professor in History at Södertörn University, Sweden. She has published and edited several books and articles on Soviet–Swedish relations in the 20th century, as well as on Russian family and gender history.

Zhanna Kravchenko holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Stockholm University. She is currently Research Fellow (postdoc) at the School of Social Work, Lund University. Her research interests include family sociology, social policy, and housing planning.

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