Mother and Child in Prerevolutionary Russia: A Symposium

FAIN: RO-12517-76

Indiana University, Bloomington (Bloomington, IN 47405-7000)
David Lorimer Ransel (Project Director: June 1976 to present)

To present in an interdisciplinary forum the results of research on the changing roles of women and children in prerevolutionary Russia including: the discovery and shifting perceptions of childhood as reflected in folklore, educational tracts, literature and art; the legal status of women and children, and; ritual surrounding childbirth and childrearing.