‘Awoman is everything’: The reproduction of soviet ideals of womanhood in post-communist russia1

Work, Employment and Transition: Restructuring Livelihoods in Post-Communism

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 117-133

  Ashwin, Sarah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85070297169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203994351-16     Document Type: Chapter

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