Abstract
ABSTRACTThis essay examines the metaphor of khranitel’nitsa domashnego ochaga, which is often evoked in Russian social, political, religious, and media discourses as part of discussions of the biologically ‘pre-determined’ (and therefore ‘natural’) division of gender roles and the place of women in society. This metaphoric phrase has been translated as ‘custodian [or guardian] of the family hearth.’ In the present study, the metaphor serves as a guiding construct for analysis of the interview discourses of 20 Russian women who live in Moscow, Russia. Following Laclau and Mouffe, the concept of khranitel’nitsa domashnego ochaga is considered a nodal point around which discourses are organized to construct a specific form of cultural narrative that codifies differences between men and women. The study analyzes semantic connections the metaphor reflects in the meaning-making of Russian women, its enduring properties, and the discourses participants drew on in their articulations of khranitel’nitsa domashnego ochaga.
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