Russian traditional culture : religion, gender, and customary law /

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Imprint:Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1992.
Description:xxii, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1326766
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Other authors / contributors:Balzer, Marjorie Mandelstam
ISBN:1563240394 (C)
1563240408 (P)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • The Introduction of Christianity in Russia and thhe Pagan Traditions
  • Christianization of the Russian Peasants
  • Russian Folk Culture and Folk Religion Pagan Symbolism in the Old Believer Tradition
  • Archaic Elements in the Charms of the Russian Population of Siberia Icon Painting
  • The Woman in the Ancient Russian Family Russian Rituals, Customs, and Beliefs Associated with the Midwife She Entered a Nunneryà
  • The Living Past Traditional Norms of Behavior of Nineteenth-century Russian Peasants
  • The Commune and Customaryaw: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries
  • A Program for Collection of Material on the Customs and Rituals Associated with Childbirth
  • A Program for Gathering Information on the Peasant Commune and Family