Peasant patriarchs, aristocratic dandies, anxious bureaucrats, workers seeking father-figures, and promiscuous bathhouse attendants populate this volume. Its essays examine how ideals of manliness intersected with historical developments, the formation of national identities, and changing definitions of intimacy. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of gender theory and Russian theory alike.

Praise

"The sheer sweep of its scope and goals are at the root of this pathbreaking collection's accomplishments..."--Abby M. Schrader, Slavic Review

About the Author(s)

By Barbara Evans Clements, Rebecca Friedman and Dan Healey

Barbara Evans Clements is Professor of History Emeritus, University of Akron, Washington.

Rebecca Friedman is Assistant Professor of History, Florida International University, Miami.

Dan Healey is Lecturer in Russian History, University of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom