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Author:   Barbara T. Norton ,  Jehanne M. Gheith
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.671kg
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9780822325857

ISBN 10:   0822325853
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   23 May 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Contributors List of Abbreviations Note on Dates, Transliteration, and Archival Citations Introduction / Jehanne M Gheith 1. “A Larger Portion of the Public”: Female Readers, Fiction, and the Periodical Press in the Reign of Nicholas I / Miranda Beaven Remnek 2. Redefining the Perceptible: The Journalism(s) of Evgeniia Tur and Avdot’ia Panaeva / Jehanne M Gheith 3. The Development of a Fashion Press in Late Imperial Russia: Moda: Zhurnal dlia svetskikh liudei / Christine Ruane 4. “Provid[ing] Amusement for the Ladies”: The Rise of the Russian Women’s Magazine in the 1880s / Carolyn R. Marks 5. Anna Volkova: From Merchant Wife to Feminist Journalist / Adele Lindenmeyr 6. Meeting the Challenge: Russian Women Reporters and the Balkan Crises of the Late 1870s / Mary F. Zirin 7. Writing for Their Rights. Four Feminist Journalists: Mariia Chekhova, Liubov’ Gurevich, Mariia Pokrovskaia, and Ariadna Tyrkova / Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild 8. Mariia Pokrovskaia and Zhenskii vestnik: Feminist Separatism in Theory and Practice / Linda Edmondson 9. Journalism as a Means of Empowerment: The Early Career of Ekaterina Kuskova / Barbara T. Norton 10. Sources for the Study of Russian Women Journalists: A Bibliographic Essay / June Pachuta Farris Appendix: Checklist of Women Journalists in Imperial Russia List of Contributors Index

Reviews

A major contribution to the field of Slavic studies. A work such as this gives scholars a place from which we can begin to rewrite and reconstruct women's role in Russian politics and culture in prerevolutionary times. This is a prodigious work of scholarship. - Adele Barker, editor of Consuming Russia: Popular Culture, Sex, and Society since Gorbachev

[C]ompelling ... [A] welcome contribution to the fields of both Russian and women's history. In addition to rescuing a number of intriguing figures from historical anonymity and casting a new light on Russian journalism at a critical juncture, An Improper Profession reminds scholars that women's history is about more than just adding women into a pre-existing stagnant history. Through sound research and analysis the contributors add credence to the argument that in studying the role of women in the past, historians necessarily and continually redefine traditional fields of study. - Lynne Hartnett, The Russian Review [A] welcome addition to Russian gender studies and the history of Russian print culture. The scope of the volume is greater than the title suggests... [A] fresh evaluation ... An Improper Profession will undoubtedly encourage further stimulating studies of women and gender in Russian journalism. - Judith Vowles, Slavic Review This impressive collection of essays fills an important lacuna in the study of late imperial Russia... Using solid research methodologies, the authors reveal much new important information about the status of Russian women... This collection is very coherent. Each essay flows into the next, following a loosely chronological structure. The choice of topics create a rich tapestry that does much to further our understanding of the complexities of both women and journalism in the period... This volume is highly recommended for students not only of gender and journalism, but of Late Imperial Russian culture and society as well. - Paul du Quenoy, Canadian Slavonic Papers [A]ccessibly and invitingly written... - Catriona Kelly, American Historical Review [A] substantial and absorbing collection of articles... An Improper Profession is a richly conceived and elegantly constructed interdisciplinary volume... The collection will be good reading for several audiences-students in literature, history or area studies courses, specialists in the same fields, and anyone interested in gender studies, women's studies, the history of journalism, or Russian history and culture. - Sibelan Forrester, Slavic and East European Journal [A] valuable contribution to our understanding of Russian society... These authors have tremendously extended our knowledge of the diverse and growing forms of women's participation in Russian journalism. - Harley D. Balzer, Journal of Social History A major contribution to the field of Slavic studies. A work such as this gives scholars a place from which we can begin to rewrite and reconstruct women's role in Russian politics and culture in prerevolutionary times. This is a prodigious work of scholarship. - Adele Barker, editor of Consuming Russia: Popular Culture, Sex, and Society since Gorbachev [A] welcome addition to Russian gender studies and the history of Russian print culture. The scope of the volume is greater than the title suggests... [A] fresh evaluation ... An Improper Profession will undoubtedly encourage further stimulating studies of women and gender in Russian journalism. -- Judith Vowles, Slavic Review [C]ompelling ... [A] welcome contribution to the fields of both Russian and women's history. In addition to rescuing a number of intriguing figures from historical anonymity and casting a new light on Russian journalism at a critical juncture, An Improper Profession reminds scholars that women's history is about more than just adding women into a pre-existing stagnant history. Through sound research and analysis the contributors add credence to the argument that in studying the role of women in the past, historians necessarily and continually redefine traditional fields of study. -- Lynne Hartnett, The Russian Review [A] substantial and absorbing collection of articles... An Improper Profession is a richly conceived and elegantly constructed interdisciplinary volume... The collection will be good reading for several audiences-students in literature, history or area studies courses, specialists in the same fields, and anyone interested in gender studies, women's studies, the history of journalism, or Russian history and culture. -- Sibelan Forrester, Slavic and East European Journal [A] valuable contribution to our understanding of Russian society... These authors have tremendously extended our knowledge of the diverse and growing forms of women's participation in Russian journalism. -- Harley D. Balzer, Journal of Social History [A]ccessibly and invitingly written... -- Catriona Kelly, American Historical Review This impressive collection of essays fills an important lacuna in the study of late imperial Russia... Using solid research methodologies, the authors reveal much new important information about the status of Russian women... This collection is very coherent. Each essay flows into the next, following a loosely chronological structure. The choice of topics create a rich tapestry that does much to further our understanding of the complexities of both women and journalism in the period... This volume is highly recommended for students not only of gender and journalism, but of Late Imperial Russian culture and society as well. -- Paul du Quenoy, Canadian Slavonic Papers

"""A major contribution to the field of Slavic studies. A work such as this gives scholars a place from which we can begin to rewrite and reconstruct women's role in Russian politics and culture in prerevolutionary times. This is a prodigious work of scholarship.""- Adele Barker, editor of Consuming Russia: Popular Culture, Sex, and Society since Gorbachev"

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Barbara T. Norton is Professor of History at Widener University. Jehanne M Gheith is Associate Professor of Slavic and Women’s Studies at Duke University.

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