Wilson Center Experts
Jennifer Patico
Short-Term Grant
Kennan Institute
Expertise:
Russia and Eurasia
; Russia
Affiliation:
Visiting Assistant Professor, Haverford College
Wilson Center Project(s):
Cultured Consumption and Gender in Post-Soviet Transformations
Term:
Aug 01, 2001
Sep 01, 2001
Project Summary
Investigates contemporary consumer practices and ideologies in order to illuminate how urban Russians are experiencing and managing socioeconomic transformation in everyday life. Contends that day-to-day household provisioning that individuals and families navigate and conceptualize the social market forces that shape their lives today.