Parenthood during the Great Patriotic War: gender aspect (based on the materials of the Chelyabinsk region)
Yulia O. Savicheva,Candidate for a degree
Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Magnitogorsk, Russia, Yulechka_12may@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4792-9066
Abstract
The war was a shock to the multimillion Soviet population, changed a lot of human destinies. Consideration of the historical experience of the implementation of the gender roles of parents during the war years is relevant and important from the point of view of solving the problems of the modern family. This article analyzes some aspects of motherhood and fatherhood during the Great Patriotic War in the conditions of industrial cities of the Chelyabinsk region; highlights the features of parental responsibilities in the new socio-economic conditions; considers the elements of transformation of gender roles of the female population. The source base of the research is sources of personal origin that help to reveal the everyday practices of implementing maternal and paternal roles during the war period. The article concludes that the gender responsibilities of parents in relation to children have changed, which was caused by new strategies for survival in wartime.
Keywords
Fatherhood, motherhood, parenthood, war children, gender role.
For citation:
Savicheva Y. O. Parenthood during the Great Patriotic War: gender aspect (based on the materials of the Chelyabinsk region). Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2023, no. 1 (45), pp. 154—164. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2023.45.10.
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