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The woman's side: male outmigration and the family economy in Kostroma province
world of the Russian peasant: post-emancipation culture and society • Boston • Published In 1990 • Pages: 65-80
By: Engel, Barbara.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This historical work discusses the gender dimensions of male labor outmigration to urban centers. This resulted in an increased labor burden on rural wives who not only continued to perform culturally-defined women’s tasks, but also assumed those considered men’s—a burden that led to higher rates of divorce and remarriage. On the positive side, migrant men brought in much needed cash and consumer goods to their families. Consequently, the families of migrants laborers lived in better homes, dressed relatively well, had a better diet, appeared to be healthier, and were more visible in public spaces, e.g. greater participation of wives in village elders’ assemblies.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Urban and rural life
- Labor supply and employment
- Gender status
- Family relationships
- Gender roles and issues
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Russians
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1873-1916
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Soligalichsky and Chukhlomsky districts, Kostroma, Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Barbara Engel
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89022637
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Russia--Rural conditions