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Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis
Language: en
Pages: 245
Authors: Amanda DiGioia
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-12 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book, written from a feminist perspective, uses the focus of duelling to discuss the nature of masculinity in Russia. It traces the development of duelling
Ritualized Violence Russian Style
Language: en
Pages: 364
Authors: Irina Reyfman
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher:

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"This book argues that the Russian duel acquired its enduring prestige because it served to define and to defend personal autonomy in a hierarchical state that
Taboo Pushkin
Language: en
Pages: 506
Authors: Alyssa Dinega Gillespie
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-24 - Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

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Since his death in 1837, Alexander Pushkin—often called the “father of Russian literature”—has become a timeless embodiment of Russian national identity
Derrida, Literature and War
Language: en
Pages: 486
Authors: Sean Gaston
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08-23 - Publisher: A&C Black

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This is a fascinating examination of the relation between absence and chance in Derrida's work and through that a re-examination of the relation between war and
Masculinity in Opera
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Philip Purvis
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-07-18 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book addresses the ways in which masculinity is negotiated, constructed, represented, and problematized within operatic music and practice. Although the co
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