Gender and Choice after Socialism

Lynne Attwood is Honorary Fellow in Russian Studies (formerly Senior Lecturer) at the University of Manchester, UK.  Her research is concerned with gender issues in Russia in a range of contexts such as film, housing, and women's magazines.Elisabeth Schimpfössl is Lecturer in Sociology and Policy at Aston University, UK. Her research looks into questions around elites, power and social inequality. Marina Yusupova has a PhD from the University of Manchester, UK. Her current research explores the changing normative orders of masculinity in Russia from the late Soviet period.

• Section I Choice and the State.- Half-Hidden or Half-Open? Scholarly Research on Soviet Homosexuals in Contemporary Russia.- Transgender, Transition, and Dilemma of Choice in Contemporary Ukraine.- From the Maidan to the Donbas: The Limitations on Choice for Women in Ukraine.- Section II Choice and Culture.- Narrating the Gender Order: Why Do Older Single Women in Russia Say That They Do Not Want to Be in Relationships with Men?.- Gender and Choice Among Russia’s Upper Class.- Choosing Whether to Have Children: A Netnographic Study of Women’s Attitudes Towards Childbirth and the Family in Post-Soviet Russia.- Section III Choice and Modernity.- Responsible Motherhood, Practices of Reproductive Choice and Class Construction in Contemporary Russia Between Militarism and Antimilitarism: ‘Masculine’ Choice in Post-Soviet Russia.- Bibliography.-Index