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Remembering the Darkness - Women in Soviet Prisons (Paperback)
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Remembering the Darkness - Women in Soviet Prisons (Paperback)
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This engrossing collection of prison memoirs by Russian women is
the first to portray the direct experiences of the wide range of
women who were incarcerated in Soviet prisons and camps. Comprising
the stories of women from all classes and backgrounds, this book
covers the entire span of the Gulag's existence from the 1920s to
the 1980s, including the little-known periods of political
repression of the 1960s and 1980s. These memoirs and letters
provide a rich portrait of how women led everyday life in prison
and in the camps, of the strategies of accommodation and resistance
they employed, and the challenges they faced when they reentered
Soviet society. Although readers will hear the voices of women who
were in excruciating physical and emotional pain, they will also
find remarkable testimonies to the agency and resilience of women
who struggled against incredible odds. Written by women from all
stations in life and from drastically different backgrounds, these
stories reconstruct not only the world of the Gulag but also its
meaning for society at large. The documents excerpted here point to
areas of Soviet history and culture that have yet to be fully
investigated as they illuminate women's experiences of friendship,
work, hope, inspiration, loss, and terror. All the works selected
for the collection are united by their authors' sense of group and
individual identity. To varying degrees, all of them associate
their experiences with events and people beyond their personal
experiences and immediate surroundings, thus expanding the
traditional perspective of women's writing. These riveting stories,
never before published in English or Russian, will appeal to
scholars and students of Soviet history and literature, as well as
general readers interested in women's history.
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