Субстанции отношений и нарративное разделение труда в дачном домохозяйстве

Этнографическое обозрение. 2024. № 6. С. 23–40.

Kasatkina A.

The article based on the materials of the interview with the owners of garden plots in the Leningrad region examines the effect of the discursive dimension of the modern urban household. The author proceeds from the premise that the reproduction of the household occurs in everyday communication between its participants, and it is in communication that she sees a meeting place for fluid and connected independent narrative universes and a more rigid material and practical reality of the household. This approach makes it possible to pose questions to the discursive material that go beyond the discourse: what is a modern urban household? what processes and connections does it consist of? what place does the economy and life support have in it? how can its boundaries be defined? how does it exist in time? how are economic and family relations related to each other? The author comes to the conclusion that, at least for now, the possibilities in the households under consideration include the function of rest rather than life support; dacha household chores do not exist in such an existing existence, but rather form and use, formalize and organize relations in the family and especially between spouses. When talking about the dacha, relatives each time understand anew the meaning of the dacha materiality of the past and present, and also discuss guidelines for the future.

Keywords: семья, диалог, нарратив, гендер, family, домохозяйство, narrative, gender, dialogue, dacha, household, дача, linguistic anthropology, Лингвистическая антропология, Substances of Relatedness, субстанции родства