<div>A panoramic, interdisciplinary survey of Russian lives and &ldquo;a must-read for any scholar engaging with Russian culture&rdquo; (The Russian Review). In this interdisciplinary collection of essays, distinguished scholars survey the cultural practices, power relations, and behaviors that characterized Russian daily life from pre-revolutionary times through the post-Soviet present. Microanalyses and transnational perspectives shed new light on the formation and elaboration of gender, ethnicity, class, nationalism, and subjectivity. Changes in consumption and communication patterns, the restructuring of familial and social relations, systems of cultural meanings, and evolving practices in the home, at the workplace, and at sites of leisure are among the topics explored. &ldquo;Offers readers a richly theoretical and empirical consideration of the &lsquo;state of play&rsquo; of everyday life as it applies to the interdisciplinary study of Russia.&rdquo; &mdash;Slavic Review &ldquo;An engaging look at a vibrant area of research . . . Highly recommended.&rdquo; &mdash;Choice &ldquo;Volumes of such diversity frequently miss the mark, but this one represents a welcomed introduction to and a &lsquo;must&rsquo; read for anyone seriously interested in the subject.&rdquo; &mdash;Cahiers du Monde russe</div>

Everyday Life in Russia

<div>" . . . a marvelous source for the social history of Russian peasant society in the years before the revolution. . . . The translation is superb." —Steven Hoch" . . . one of the best ethnographic portraits that we have of the Russian village. . . . a highly readable text that is an excellent introduction to the world of the Russian peasantry." —Samuel C. RamerVillage Life in Late Tsarist Russia provides a unique firsthand portrait of peasant family life as recorded by Olga Semyonova Tian-Shanskaia, an ethnographer and painter who spent four years at the turn of the twentieth century observing the life and customs of villagers in a central Russian province. Unusual in its awareness of the rapid changes in the Russian village in the late nineteenth century and in its concentration on the treatment of women and children, Semyonova's ethnography vividly describes courting rituals, marriage and sexual practices, childbirth, infanticide, child-rearing practices, the lives of women, food and drink, work habits, and the household economy. In contrast to a tradition of rosy, romanticized descriptions of peasant communities by Russian upper-class observers, Semyonova gives an unvarnished account of the harsh living conditions and often brutal relationships within peasant families.</div>

David L. Ransel
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Everyday Life in Russia

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