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ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: OUP USA 2019-11-28, New York, NY] Hardcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. When so much in Russia has changed, the banya remains. For over one thousand years Russians of every economic class, political party, and social strata have treated bathing as a communal activity integrating personal hygiene and public health with rituals, relaxation, conversations, drinking, political intrigue, business, and sex. Communal steam baths have survived the Mongols, Peter the Great, and Soviet communism and remain a central and unifying national custom.Combining the ancient elements of earth, water, and fire, the banya paradoxically cleans bodies and spreads disease, purifies and defiles, creates community and underscoresdifference.Here, Ethan Pollock tells the history of this ubiquitous and enduring institution. He explores the bathhouse's role in Russian identity, following public figures (from Catherine the Great to Rasputin to Putin), writers (such as Chekhov and Dostoevsky), foreigners (including Mark Twain and Casanova), and countless other men and women into the banya to discover the meanings they have found there. The story comes up to the present, exploring the continuedimportance of banyas in Russia and their newfound popularity in cities across the globe. Drawing on sources as diverse as ancient chronicles, government reports, medical books, and popular culture, Pollockshows how the banya has persisted, adapted, and ...
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: OUP USA 2019-11-28, New York, NY] Hardcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. When so much in Russia has changed, the banya remains. For over one thousand years Russians of every economic class, political party, and social strata have treated bathing as a communal activity integrating personal hygiene and public health with rituals, relaxation, conversations, drinking, political intrigue, business, and sex. Communal steam baths have survived the Mongols, Peter the Great, and Soviet communism and remain a central and unifying national custom.Combining the ancient elements of earth, water, and fire, the banya paradoxically cleans bodies and spreads disease, purifies and defiles, creates community and underscoresdifference.Here, Ethan Pollock tells the history of this ubiquitous and enduring institution. He explores the bathhouse's role in Russian identity, following public figures (from Catherine the Great to Rasputin to Putin), writers (such as Chekhov and Dostoevsky), foreigners (including Mark Twain and Casanova), and countless other men and women into the banya to discover the meanings they have found there. The story comes up to the present, exploring the continuedimportance of banyas in Russia and their newfound popularity in cities across the globe. Drawing on sources as diverse as ancient chronicles, government reports, medical books, and popular culture, Pollockshows how the banya has persisted, adapted, and ...
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. When so much in Russia has changed, the banya remains. For over one thousand years Russians of every economic class, political party, and social strata have treated bathing as a communal activity integrating personal hygiene and public health with rituals, relaxation, conversations, drinking, political intrigue, business, and sex. Communal steam baths have survived the Mongols, Peter the Great, and Soviet communism and remain a central and unifying national custom.Combining the ancient elements of earth, water, and fire, the banya paradoxically cleans bodies and spreads disease, purifies and defiles, creates community and underscoresdifference.Here, Ethan Pollock tells the history of this ubiquitous and enduring institution. He explores the bathhouse's role in Russian identity, following public figures (from Catherine the Great to Rasputin to Putin), writers (such as Chekhov and Dostoevsky), foreigners (including Mark Twain and Casanova), and countless other men and women into the banya to discover the meanings they have found there. The story comes up to the present, exploring the continuedimportance of banyas in Russia and their newfound popularity in cities across the globe. Drawing on sources as diverse as ancient chronicles, government reports, medical books, and popular culture, Pollockshows how the banya has persisted, adapted, and ...
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Nov 2019] Hardcover Neuware - The first history of the banya, this book offers a sweeping cultural history of an institution that is emblematic of Russian identity. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2019]
Hardback. New. The first history of the banya, this book offers a sweeping cultural history of an institution that is emblematic of Russian identity. ISBN 0195395484 9780195395488 [GB]
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Nov 2019] Hardcover Neuware - The first history of the banya, this book offers a sweeping cultural history of an institution that is emblematic of Russian identity. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: OUP USA] Hardcover 2019. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
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