Refining Russia: Advice Literature, Polite Culture, and Gender from Catherine to Yeltsin (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198159872)

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.

Author: Catriona Kelly
ISBN-10: 0198159870
ISBN-13: 9780198159872
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2001
Pages: 484
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.66h x 6.32w x 1.23d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2002 pg. 1859