This study seeks to explore the role of peasant women in resistance to the antireligious campaigns during collectivization and analyze how the interplay of the state and resistors formed a new culture of religion in the countryside. I argue that while the state’s succeeded in controlling most of the public sphere, peasant women, engaging in subversive activities and exploiting the state’s ideology, succeeded in preserving a strong peasant adherence to religion prior to World War II. It was peasant women’s determination and adaptation that thwarted the party’s goal of nation-wide atheism.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc849654 |
Date | 05 1900 |
Creators | Millier, Callie Anne |
Contributors | Velikanova, Olga, 1954-, Roberts, Walter E. (Walter Eugene), Stockdale, Nancy L. |
Publisher | University of North Texas |
Source Sets | University of North Texas |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | iv, 94 pages, Text |
Coverage | Russia, 1928/1932 |
Rights | Public, Millier, Callie Anne, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
Page generated in 0.0165 seconds