Masculinity, Autocracy and the Russian University, 1804-1863

Download or read book Masculinity, Autocracy and the Russian University, 1804-1863 written by R. Friedman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length study of masculinity in Imperial Russia. By looking at official and unofficial life at universities across the Russian empire, this project offers a picture of the complex processes through which gender ideologies were forged and negotiated in the Nineteenth Century. Masculinity, Autocracy and the Russian University, 1804-1863 demonstrates how gender was critical to political life in a European monarchy.