Refining Russia: Advice Literature, Polite Culture, and Gender from Catherine to Yeltsin by Catriona Kelly

Refining Russia: Advice Literature, Polite Culture, and Gender from Catherine to Yeltsin

Catriona Kelly

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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 "hi...

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