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The First Psychosocial Study Of The Female Intelligentsia In Russia, Mothers And Daughters Explains How And Why Women Radicals Of The Nineteenth Century Diverged From Their Male Counterparts, Describes The Forces That Led Women To Rebel, And Discusses Their Mixed Legacy To Future Generations. Barbara Alpern Engel Examines Her Subject On Three Levels: The Traditional Family System; Early Feminism And Women's Rebellion Against The Family; And The Causes And Consequences Of Women's Revolutionary Activity. She Describes The Impact This Revolt Had On The Family And The Lives Of Radical Women And The Movement's Role In Inspiring A New Feminine Mythology. Throughout, Engel Brings Nineteenth-century Women To Life, Humanizing History As She Presents A Case Study Of How The Personal Became Political In A Time And Place Very Different From Our Own.--jacket. Pt. I. Transforming The Female Tradition. 1. Mothers And Daughters. 2. Rising Expectations And Shattered Dreams -- Pt. Ii. Rejecting The Authoritarian Family. 3. Searching For A Politics Of Personal Life. 4. Daughters Against Parents. 5. The Nigilistka As Radical: An Unequal Partnership -- Pt. Iii. Choosing A Public Commitment. 6. From Fem

Author

Engel, Barbara Alpern

Publisher

Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780810117402

Subjects

Sociology, History, Gender Studies