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Dacha Idylls is a lively account of dacha life and how Russians experience this deeply rooted tradition of the summer cottage amid the changing cultural, economic, and political landscape of postsocialist Russia. Simultaneously beloved and reviled, dachas wield a power that makes owning and caring f...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Caldwell, Melissa L., 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Country homes > Russia (Federation)
Vacation homes > Russia (Federation)
Organic living > Russia (Federation)
Gardening > Russia (Federation)
Bio (Style de vie) > Russie.
Jardinage > Russie.
HOUSE & HOME > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Country homes
Gardening
Manners and customs
Organic living
Vacation homes
Russia (Federation) > Social life and customs.
Russia (Federation)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Dacha Idylls is a lively account of dacha life and how Russians experience this deeply rooted tradition of the summer cottage amid the changing cultural, economic, and political landscape of postsocialist Russia. Simultaneously beloved and reviled, dachas wield a power that makes owning and caring for them an essential part of life. In this book, Melissa L. Caldwell captures the dacha's abiding traditions and demonstrates why Russians insist that these dwellings are key to understanding Russian life. She draws on literary texts as well as observations from dacha dwellers to highlight this endu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 200 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520947870
0520947878

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