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Going By The Moon And The Stars: Stories Of Two Russian Mennonite Women, Pamela E. Klassen
Going By The Moon And The Stars: Stories Of Two Russian Mennonite Women, Pamela E. Klassen
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
The stories of women's religious lives are essential to understanding religion. This thesis records and interprets two Russian Mennonite women's religious lives, using methods of feminist ethnography. The first chapter is a video which presents Agatha Janzen and Katja Enns talking about their childhoods in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 305, their flight to Germany during World War ll, and their subsequent emigration and life in Canada. Chapter 2 tells and interprets Agatha's and Katja's experiences of marriage during the war, and the effect of their status as widow (Agatha) and single mother (Katja) upon their entry into …