Women in nineteenth-century Russia : lives and culture

Women in nineteenth-century Russia lives and culture

"This collection of essays examines the lives of women across Russia--from wealthy noblewomen in St Petersburg to desperately poor peasants in Siberia--discussing their interaction with the Church and the law, and their rich contribution to music, art, literature and theatre. It shows how women...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Tosi, Alessandra (Editor), Rosslyn, Wendy (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Open Book Publishers 2012.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Upper class women > Russia > History > 19th century.
Women > Russia > Social conditions.
Russia > Social life and customs > 1533-1917.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430549306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Contributors
  • 1. Introduction: Framing the View: Russian Women in the Long Nineteenth Century
  • 2. Women and Urban Culture
  • 3. Russian Peasant Women's Culture: Three Voices
  • 4. Mary and Women in Late Imperial Russian Orthodoxy
  • 5. Women and the Visual Arts
  • 6. Women and Music
  • 7. The Rise of the Actress in Early Nineteenth-Century Russia
  • 8. 'How Women Should Write': Russian Women's Writing in the Nineteenth Century
  • 9. Between Law and Morality: Violence against Women in Nineteenth-Century Russia
  • Index.

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