With light steam : a personal journey through the Russian baths /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

In 1996 Bryon MacWilliams left the relative stability of the United States for the chaos of post-Soviet Russia and stayed. Over the course of nearly twelve years he reported on academe and the sciences for the world's leading publications and sought out the best baths--or banyas--everywhere he...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacWilliams, Bryon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, [2014]
Temas:
Bathing customs > Russia (Federation)
Bathhouses > Russia (Federation)
Baths, Russian.
Bains > Russie.
Bains russes.
Bathhouses
Bathing customs
Baths, Russian
Manners and customs
Russia (Federation) > Social life and customs.
Russia (Federation)
banya culture, Moscow bathhouse, Ural mountains, Solovetsky Islands.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Author Note
  • Prologue
  • The Banya Is Everything
  • The Banya Is an Entire Philosophy
  • The Banya Is Communion
  • The Banya Is Holy
  • The Banya Is Life
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments

Ejemplares similares