This collection of essays examines women in the Khrushchev era, using both newly-accessible archival material and a re-reading of published sources. Exploring diverse subjects including housing, space flight, women workers, cinema, religion and consumption, the volume places the analysis of specific events or issues within a broader discussion of economic, political, ideological and international developments to provide a full analysis of the era.

Introduction; M.Ilic Women Workers in the Khrushchev Era: An Overview; M.Ilic Women Workers in the Khrushchev Period; D.Filtzer Women and Girls in the Virgin Lands; M.Pohl 'Loose Girls' on the Loose: Sex, Propaganda and the 1957 Youth Festival; K.Roth-Ey Mothers and Fathers and the Problems of Selfishness in the Khrushchev Period; D.Ann Field Reconstruction or Reproduction?: Mothers and the Great Soviet Family in Cinema after Stalin; J.Haynes Monitored Selves: Soviet Women's Autobiographical Texts in the Khrushchev Era; M.Liljeström Women in the Home; S.E.Reid Housing and the Home in the Khrushchev Era; L.Attwood Demystifying the Heavens: Women, Religion and Khrushchev's Anti-Religious Campaign, 1954-64; I.Paert The Cold War and the Cosmos: Valentina Tereshkova and the First Woman's Space Flight; S.Bridger Bibliography Index

S. BRIDGER Researcher and writer
D. A. FIELD Assistant Professor and Chair of the History Department, Adrian College, Michigan, USA
D. FILTZER Professor of Russian History, University of East London
J. HAYNES Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Essex
M. LILJESTRÖM Professor of Women's Studies, University of Turku, Finland
I. PAERT Lecturer in European History, University of Wales, Bangor, Wales
M. POHL Lecturer, Vassar College, New York, USA
K. ROTH-EY Researcher