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Photo: Soviet schoolchidren, 1958 - 1966 (Photos courtesy of Vilija Alenčikaitė)
If the home remained a safe space for families during the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, why is it that the memories of women's domestic lives in Soviet Lithuania are so fragmented? In this book titled Family and the state in Soviet Lithuania, Dalia Leinarte deftly challenges the commonplace 'kitchen culture' idea that the home was a site of silent resistance where traditional Lithuanian values continued to be nurtured. Instead, this fascinating book reveals how the totalitarian state gradually abolished the private lives of Lithuanian families.
Based on over 100 interviews and an array of archival sources, this is the first book to explore family policy in the Soviet Baltic states and is therefore a vital resource for scholars of Soviet and gender history.
Our College Library has a copy of the book and it is available here.
Dalia explains that “Soviet citizens were survivors of the regime and targets of totalitarian ideology”.
About Dalia Leinarte
Dalia Leinarte is Professor of History, Member and former Chairperson of the UN CEDAW Committee. Leinarte writes extensively on women and family in Imperial Russia, and former Soviet Union. She is an author of The Lithuanian Family in its European Context, 1800-1914: Marriage, Divorce and Flexible Communities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and Adopting and Remembering Soviet Reality: Life Stories of Lithuanian Women, 1945-1970 (Brill, 2010). She previously won a Fulbright award (2002-2003) and American Association of University Women (AAUW) international scholarship (2005 - 2006).
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