Exploring the intersection of gender and neoliberalism, this book examines how diverse groups—such as mompreneurs, working-class men, and migrant domestic workers—navigate their roles within a global gender framework. It highlights their unique responses to the economic, political, and cultural challenges posed by neoliberal policies, revealing the complexities of gender identity and labor in contemporary society. Through these narratives, the work sheds light on the broader implications of neoliberalism on gendered experiences and societal structures.
Acknowledgments -- Notes on transliteration and participants -- Introduction: gulag vs. Promised land : metaphors of destination and transnational social fields -- Genesis : Ukraine -- Markets, moralities, and motherhood in transition -- Exile : Italy -- Italy's context of reception and connections to Ukraine -- Narratives from the gulag -- Inna: Becoming capitalist in europe -- Tatiana: Sacrificing for motherhood -- Oksana: Talent shows performing family, nation, and ethnicity -- Yuriy: Negotiating post-soviet masculinities -- Lydmyla: A family aspiring to be European -- Social patterns in exile -- Exodus : the United States -- California's context of reception and state-based integration -- Narratives from the Promised land -- Viktoria: Married to the U.S. state -- Dariya: Discovering my capitalist "I" in the United States -- Kateryna: Defining children's success in the Promised land -- Zhanna: Reinventing babushka across migration waves -- Halyna: Undocumented but playing the green card lottery -- Social patterns in exodus -- Conclusion: berehynia femininities, cossack masculinities, and new nationalisms -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
