 | Women without Men: Single Mothers and Family Change in the New Russia Subjects: Single mothers -- Russia (Federation); Families -- Russia (Federation); Sex role -- Russia (Federation); Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation); Women without Men illuminates Russia's "quiet revolution" in family life through the lens of single motherhood. Drawing on extensive ethnographic and interview data, Jennifer Utrata focuses on the puzzle of how single motherhood--frequently seen as a social problem in other contexts--became taken for granted in the New Russia. Jennifer Utrata is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Puget Sound. |
