Refining Russia - Advice Literature, Polite Culture, Gender From Catherine to Yeltsin

Zusatztext Fascinating Informationen zum Autor Catriona Kelly is Reader in Russian, New College, Oxford Klappentext Refining Russia is a pioneering study of the development of advice literature ("how-to" books such as etiquette manuals and brochures on hygiene) in Russia, and of its reception and wider cultural meaning. An absorbing and original exercise in "history of the book," it is also a major contribution to the understanding of Russia's relationship with the West, and of the cultural world inhabited by the Russian intelligentsia. Zusammenfassung Advice literature enjoyed massive popularity in Russia between the late 18th and the late 20th centuries. It reflected changing attitudes to behaviour, possessions, and national identity. This guide examines the evolution of advice literature from the Enlightenment to the post-Soviet era. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Note on Translations and Conventions Abbreviations Introduction 1: Educating Tatyana, Schooling Energy: Propaganda for Manners and Moral Education, 1760-1830 2: The Beauties of Byt: Household Manuals, Social Status, and National Identity, 1830-1880 3: Self-Help and Spending Power: Advice Literature in Late Imperial Russia 4: 'The Personal Does Not Exist': Advising the Early Soviet Mass Reader, 1917-1953 5: Negotiating Consumerism: The Dilemmas of Behaviour Literature, 1953-2000 Afterword Appendices Select Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Catriona Kelly, Catriona (Reader in Russian Kelly, Kelly Catriona
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.2001
• EAN: 9780198159872
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815987-2
• No. of pages: 484
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies; Cultural Studies, Russia, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary studies: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet