The feeling of home: Russian women in the defence industry and the transformation of their identities

Discusses women who worked in the Russian defence sector and how they saw their work and their associated identities. Suggests that the identities of Soviet women working for the defence of their country are being reshaped into new Russian identities, whether those of a housewife or an entrepreneur...

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Published in:The European journal of women's studies 1997-08, Vol.4 (3), p.263-281
Main Author: Cronberg, Tarja
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Armaments industry
Changes
Civil Defense
Cold War
Defence industry
Economic Change
Employees
Feminism
Identity
Industrial Workers
Job Satisfaction
Market Economy
Military industrial complex
Post-Cold War
Postcommunist Societies
Russia
Social Welfare
U.S.S.R
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Women
Women's role
Working Women
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Summary:Discusses women who worked in the Russian defence sector and how they saw their work and their associated identities. Suggests that the identities of Soviet women working for the defence of their country are being reshaped into new Russian identities, whether those of a housewife or an entrepreneur in the commercial sector. (Original abstract-amended)
ISSN:1350-5068
DOI:10.1177/135050689700400302