Russian Masculinities in History and Culture

BARBARA ALPERN ENGEL Professor of History, University of Colorado, Boulder JULIE GILMOUR Doctoral Candidate, University of Chicago CATRIONA KELLY Reader in Russian, New College, University of Oxford NANCY SHIELDS KOLLMANN Professor of History, Stanford University KAREN PETRONE Associate Professor of History, University of Kentucky THOMAS G. SCHRAND Associate Professor of History, Philadelphia University S.A. SMITH Professor of History, University of Essex OLGA VAINSHTEIN Lecturer, Russian State Humanities University, Moscow CHRISTINE D. WOROBEC Associate Professor of History, Northern Illinois University

From the romantic liaisons of Peter the Great to the birth of the Russian 'queen', this collection of essays presents recent research from the new field of Russian masculinity studies.From the romantic liaisons of Peter the Great to the birth of the Russian 'queen', this collection of essays presents recent research from the new field of Russian masculinity studies. Peasant patriarchs, aristocratic dandies, anxious young bureaucrats, workers in search of father figures, heroic warriors, promiscuous bathhouse attendants and vodka-soaked athletic stars populate this volume. Its essays take as a starting point the notion that masculinity, like femininity, has a history.