Lost to the state : family discontinuity, social orphanhood, and residential care in the Russian Far East / Elena Khlinovskaya Rockhill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rockhill, Elena Khlinovskaya.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Institutional care--Russia (Federation).

Children.

Children--Institutional care--Soviet Union.

Family policy--Russia (Federation).

Family policy.

Family policy--Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Childhood held a special place in Soviet society: seen as the key to a better future, children were imagined as the only privileged class. Therefore, the rapid emergence in post-Soviet Russia of the vast numbers of vulnerable 'social orphans', or children who have living relatives but grow up in residential care institutions, caught the public by surprise, leading to discussions of the role and place of childhood in the new society. Based on an in-depth study the author explores dissonance between new post-Soviet forms of family and economy, and lingering Soviet attitudes, revealing social

Contents:

pt. 1. Becoming a social orphan

pt. 2. Being a social orphan

pt. 3. Post-Soviet or Soviet? Self-perpetuation of the system.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845458638

184545863X

OCLC:

727649499