CEU eTD Collection (2019); Burns, Kathryn Laurel: Navigational Capital, Transgenerational Resilience: Motherhood and Gendered Identity in Western Siberia in 2018

CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
Author Burns, Kathryn Laurel
Title Navigational Capital, Transgenerational Resilience: Motherhood and Gendered Identity in Western Siberia in 2018
Summary This thesis draws on in-depth, biographical interviews to explore the gendered negotiations of twenty-one women in Tyumen, Russia as they navigate systems of power, expectations, and identity related to their potential and capacity for reproduction; in other words, related to their relationship to “motherhood.” This project contributes to literature that furthers understandings of the daily gendered dynamics within communities in Russia beyond the metropolitan centers of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Building on the working assumption that everyday gendered practices and norms are not imposed exclusively from above but are also shaped by the active participation and choices of individuals and communities, this thesis offers a reparative reading of motherhood, creating space to carefully consider its meaning and value among the women interviewed. It also considers the familial and social mechanisms that make up the institution of motherhood as experienced by these women in Tyumen, depicting multi-layered pressures to become mothers as well as a social precarity regarding acceptable expressions of motherhood. Drawing on stories of navigating reproductive, obstetric, and pediatric health care services in Tyumen, it also considers the impact of a long history of pro-natalist policies and ideologies in Russia and the Soviet Union, and the influence this has on the lives and decision making of these women. The project ultimately highlights how high levels of expertise, navigational capital, and mutual support among the women I interviewed allowed them to be resilient in the face of institutional adversity and to negotiate for improved gender dynamics within their families. Finally, it illustrates the transgenerational nature of this resilience, shifting and adapting to – or even in spite of – changes within the broader society.
&#x 420;а 31;оD 2;а ос& #x43d;о&# x432;а&#x 43d;а на по& #x434;р&# x43e;б&#x 43d;ы 45; би& #x43e;г&# x440;а&#x 444;и 47;еD 1;ки ;х ин& #x442;е&# x440;в&#x 44c;ю с це& #x43b;ь&# x44e; из& #x443;ч&# x435;н&#x 438;я ге& #x43d;д&# x435;р&#x 43d;ы 45; пе& #x440;е&# x433;о&#x 432;о 40;нD b;х ст& #x440;а&# x442;е&#x 433;и 39; 21 же& #x43d;щ&# x438;н&#x 44b; в го& #x440;о&# x434;е Тю& #x43c;е&# x43d;ь (Ро сс& #x438;я), в си& #x442;у&# x430;ц&#x 438;я 45; ко& #x433;д&# x430; они вз& #x430;и&# x43c;о&#x 434;е 39;сD 2;ву ;ют с си& #x441;т&# x435;м&#x 430;м 38; вл& #x430;с&# x442;и, ож& #x438;д&# x430;н&#x 438;я 3c;и и ид& #x435;н&# x442;и&#x 447;н 3e;сD 2;ям ;и, ко& #x442;о&# x440;ы&#x 435; им пр& #x435;д&# x43f;и&#x 441;ы 32;аD e;тс ;я в св& #x44f;з&# x438; с их во& #x437;м&# x43e;ж&#x 43d;о 41;тD c;ю и сп& #x43e;с&# x43e;б&#x 43d;о 41;тD c;ю к ре& #x43f;р&# x43e;д&#x 443;к 46;иC 8;; др& #x443;г&# x438;м&#x 438; сл& #x43e;в&# x430;м&#x 438;, фе& #x43d;о&# x43c;е&#x 43d;о 3c; ''&#x 43c;а 42;еD 0;ин ;ст ва& #x27;'. Ра& #x431;о&# x442;а вн& #x43e;с&# x438;т вк& #x43b;а&# x434; в по& #x43d;и&# x43c;а&#x 43d;и 35; еж& #x435;д&# x43d;е&#x 432;н 3e;й ге& #x43d;д&# x435;р&#x 43d;о 39; ди& #x43d;а&# x43c;и&#x 43a;и в ро& #x441;с&# x438;й&#x 441;к 38;х со& #x43e;б&# x449;е&#x 441;т 32;аD 5; за пр& #x435;д&# x435;л&#x 430;м 38; ст& #x43e;л&# x438;ч&#x 43d;ы 45; це& #x43d;т&# x440;о&#x 432; – Мо& #x441;к&# x432;ы и Са& #x43d;к&# x442;-П&# x435;т&#x 435;р 31;уD 0;га ;. Ос& #x43d;о&# x432;ы&#x 432;а 4f;сD c; на пр& #x435;д&# x43f;о&#x 43b;о 36;еC d;ии ;, что по& #x432;с&# x435;д&#x 43d;е 32;нD b;е ге& #x43d;д&# x435;р&#x 43d;ы 35; пр& #x430;к&# x442;и&#x 43a;и и но& #x440;м&# x44b; не на& #x432;я&# x437;ы&#x 432;а 4e;тD 1;я ис& #x43a;л&# x44e;ч&#x 438;т 35;лD c;но ; св& #x435;р&# x445;у, а фо& #x440;м&# x438;р&#x 443;ю 42;сD f; бл& #x430;г&# x43e;д&#x 430;р 4f; ак& #x442;и&# x432;н&#x 43e;м 43; уч& #x430;с&# x442;и&#x 44e; и пр& #x435;д&# x43f;о&#x 447;т 35;нC 8;ям ; ин& #x434;и&# x432;и&#x 434;о 32; и со& #x43e;б&# x449;е&#x 441;т 32;, в ра& #x431;о&# x442;е де& #x43b;а&# x435;т&#x 441;я по& #x43f;ы&# x442;к&#x 430; пр& #x435;д&# x43b;о&#x 436;и 42;ь ал& #x44c;т&# x435;р&#x 43d;а 42;иC 2;но ;е по& #x43d;и&# x43c;а&#x 43d;и 35; фе& #x43d;о&# x43c;е&#x 43d;а ма& #x442;е&# x440;и&#x 43d;с 42;вC 0;, ко& #x442;о&# x440;а&#x 44f; со& #x437;д&# x430;е&#x 442; пр& #x43e;с&# x442;р&#x 430;н 41;тC 2;о для вн& #x438;м&# x430;т&#x 435;л 4c;нC e;го ; ра& #x441;с&# x43c;о&#x 442;р 35;нC 8;я его зн& #x430;ч&# x435;н&#x 438;я и це& #x43d;н&# x43e;с&#x 442;и ср& #x435;д&# x438; же& #x43d;щ&# x438;н в ра& #x441;с&# x43c;а&#x 442;р 38;вC 0;ем ;ом ко& #x43d;т&# x435;к&#x 441;т 35;. В ней та& #x43a;ж&# x435; ан& #x430;л&# x438;з&#x 438;р 43;юD 2;ся ; со& #x446;и&# x430;л&#x 44c;н 4b;е ме& #x445;а&# x43d;и&#x 437;м 4b;, ко& #x442;о&# x440;ы&#x 435; со& #x441;т&# x430;в&#x 43b;я 4e;т ин& #x441;т&# x438;т&#x 443;т ма& #x442;е&# x440;и&#x 43d;с 42;вC 0; и по& #x43a;а&# x437;ы&#x 432;а 4e;т ра& #x437;л&# x438;ч&#x 43d;ы 35; виды да& #x432;л&# x435;н&#x 438;я на бу& #x434;у&# x449;и&#x 445; ма& #x442;е&# x440;е&#x 439;, а та& #x43a;ж&# x435; ус& #x442;а&# x43d;о&#x 432;к 38;, ко& #x442;о&# x440;ы&#x 435; от& #x43e;б&# x440;а&#x 436;а 4e;т со& #x446;и&# x430;л&#x 44c;н 3e; од& #x43e;б&# x440;я&#x 435;м 3e;е по& #x432;е&# x434;е&#x 43d;и 35; в от& #x43d;о&# x448;е&#x 43d;и 38; ма& #x442;е&# x440;и&#x 43d;с 42;вC 0;. Ос& #x43d;о&# x432;ы&#x 432;а 4f;сD c; на ис& #x442;о&# x440;и&#x 438; сл& #x443;ж&# x431; ре& #x43f;р&# x43e;д&#x 443;к 42;иC 2;но ;го , ак& #x443;ш&# x435;р&#x 441;к 3e;гC e; и де& #x442;с&# x43a;о&#x 433;о зд& #x43e;р&# x43e;в&#x 44c;я в Тю& #x43c;е&# x43d;и, ра& #x431;о&# x442;а та& #x43a;ж&# x435; ра& #x441;с&# x43c;а&#x 442;р 38;вC 0;ет ; вл& #x438;я&# x43d;и&#x 435; пр& #x43e;н&# x430;т&#x 430;л 38;сD 2;ск ;ой по& #x43b;и&# x442;и&#x 43a;и в Со& #x432;е&# x442;с&#x 43a;о 3c; Со& #x44e;з&# x435; и Ро& #x441;с&# x438;и на жи& #x437;н&# x44c; и ре& #x448;е&# x43d;и&#x 44f; этих же& #x43d;щ&# x438;н в Тю& #x43c;е&# x43d;и. В ра& #x431;о&# x442;е ис& #x441;л&# x435;д&#x 443;е 42;сD f;, ка& #x43a;и&# x43c; об& #x440;а&# x437;о&#x 43c; вы& #x441;о&# x43a;и&#x 439; ур& #x43e;в&# x435;н&#x 44c; зн& #x430;н&# x438;й, со& #x446;и&# x430;л&#x 44c;н 3e;гC e; ка& #x43f;и&# x442;а&#x 43b;а и вз& #x430;и&# x43c;н&#x 43e;й по& #x434;д&# x435;р&#x 436;к 38; ср& #x435;д&# x438; же& #x43d;щ&# x438;н по& #x437;в&# x43e;л&#x 44f;ю 42; им быть ст& #x440;е&# x441;с&#x 43e;у 41;тC e;йч ;ив ым& #x438; пе& #x440;е&# x434; ин& #x441;т&# x438;т&#x 443;ц 38;оC d;ал ;ьн ым& #x438; тр& #x443;д&# x43d;о&#x 441;т 4f;мC 8; и на& #x445;о&# x434;и&#x 442;ь ге& #x43d;д&# x435;р&#x 43d;ы 39; ба& #x43b;а&# x43d;с в св& #x43e;и&# x445; се& #x43c;ь&# x44f;х. Пр& #x43e;е&# x43a;т та& #x43a;ж&# x435; де& #x43c;о&# x43d;с&#x 442;р 38;рD 3;ет ; ме& #x436;п&# x43e;к&#x 43e;л 35;нD 7;ес ;ку ю пр& #x438;р&# x43e;д&#x 443; этой ус& #x442;о&# x439;ч&#x 438;в 3e;сD 2;и, сп& #x43e;с&# x43e;б&#x 43d;о 41;тD c; к из& #x43c;е&# x43d;е&#x 43d;и 4f;м в бо& #x43b;е&# x435; ши& #x440;о&# x43a;о&#x 43c; ко& #x43d;т&# x435;к&#x 441;т 35;.
Supervisor de Haan, Francisca; Jones-Gailani, Nadia
Department Gender Studies MA
Full texthttps://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/burns_kathryn.pdf

Visit the CEU Library.

© 2007-2021, Central European University