Hidden Sex and the Ordinary Youth: The Dolgan Way of Maintaining a Good Family Reputation
In this article I discuss sexual relations of young people in the tundra village in Russian Far East. Sexual behaviour and gender roles in this society are defined by traditions and young people are urged to follow these. Traditionally, premarital sex is not tolerated and from the first sight there...
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ftindianausw:oai:ojs.scholarworks.iu.edu:article/939 2024-06-09T07:50:01+00:00 Hidden Sex and the Ordinary Youth: The Dolgan Way of Maintaining a Good Family Reputation Ventsel, Aimar 2010-12-11 application/pdf https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/aeer/article/view/939 eng eng IUScholarWorks https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/aeer/article/view/939/1053 https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/aeer/article/view/939 Anthropology of East Europe Review; Vol. 28 No. 2 (2010): Special Issue:"Gender Shift in the North of Russia"; 226-241 2153-2931 1054-4720 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Special Issue article 2010 ftindianausw 2024-05-16T07:51:45Z In this article I discuss sexual relations of young people in the tundra village in Russian Far East. Sexual behaviour and gender roles in this society are defined by traditions and young people are urged to follow these. Traditionally, premarital sex is not tolerated and from the first sight there is no physical space for illicit sexual relations in the village. However, young people find their own ways to pursue their interests. I show that they make use of what I call “empty physical and social space.” Young people are creative and manage to find space for sex. Young people also make use of contradictory social norms, intricate kinship and clan structures, or certain interpretations of “good behaviour” to have and meet the partners they wish to have. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra IUScholarWorks Journals (Indiana University) |
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In this article I discuss sexual relations of young people in the tundra village in Russian Far East. Sexual behaviour and gender roles in this society are defined by traditions and young people are urged to follow these. Traditionally, premarital sex is not tolerated and from the first sight there is no physical space for illicit sexual relations in the village. However, young people find their own ways to pursue their interests. I show that they make use of what I call “empty physical and social space.” Young people are creative and manage to find space for sex. Young people also make use of contradictory social norms, intricate kinship and clan structures, or certain interpretations of “good behaviour” to have and meet the partners they wish to have. |
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