THE FEELING OF HOME - RUSSIAN WOMEN IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THEIR IDENTITIES

Authors
Citation
T. Cronberg, THE FEELING OF HOME - RUSSIAN WOMEN IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THEIR IDENTITIES, European journal of women's studies, 4(3), 1997, pp. 263
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Women s Studies
ISSN journal
13505068
Volume
4
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
1350-5068(1997)4:3<263:TFOH-R>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We know a great deal about what happened to the defence enterprises of the Soviet Union after the Cold War. We know something about what hap pened to the scientists employed in these enterprises and R&D faciliti es. We know very little about the women who worked in the defence sect or, the women who defended their children by producing armaments. The article is about these women and how they saw their work. It is about identities in transition. The identities of Soviet women working for t he defence of their country are being reshaped into new Russian identi ties, whether that of a housewife or an entrepreneur in the commercial sector.