Background
Worobec, Christine Diane was born on July 30, 1955 in Toronto. Daughter of Nicholas and Olga Maria (Romanko) Worobec.
( Peasant Russia is a comprehensive examination of peasa...)
Peasant Russia is a comprehensive examination of peasant life in central Russia in the decades immediately following serf emancipation. Using interdisciplinary methods of family history, anthropology, ethnography, and women's studies, Christine Worobec explores the world of peasant households and communities, elements of which live on in today's Soviet Union. In full detail she shows how peasant Russia retained its traditional institutions and customary practices in the face of the economic changes associated with industrialization and urbanization. The book draws on previously unexamined judicial, folklore, and household records to assess the durability of the extended Russian peasant family and the customs linking it to the community. The Russian peasants portrayed here actively shaped their society, developing a variety of economic and social strategies to cope with their harsh environment and the demands of the state. Discussing their efforts to safeguard their way of life through courtship and marriage rituals and through such social restrictions as property devolution practices, a misogynist patriarchalism, and severe penalties for deviant behavior, Worobec reveals that peasant traditionalism impeded the impact of modernization and cushioned its effects.
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Worobec, Christine Diane was born on July 30, 1955 in Toronto. Daughter of Nicholas and Olga Maria (Romanko) Worobec.
Bachelor, University Toronto, 1977. Master of Arts, University Toronto, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, University Toronto, 1984.
Assistant professor, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1984-1992; associate professor, Kent (Ohio) State University, since 1992.
( Peasant Russia is a comprehensive examination of peasa...)
Member Association for Women in Slavic Studies (vice president 1993-1995, president 1995-1997), American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies, American History Association, Canadian Association Slavists, Ohio Academy History, Slavic and East European Folklore Association, Ukrainian History Association.
Married David Edward Kyvig, October 15, 1988.