Old Believers: Religious Dissent and Gender in Russia, 1760-1850

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Manchester University Press, 2003 - Family & Relationships - 257 pages
Since the late 1960s, American literature has been revitalised by the work of writers such as Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie, Sandra Cisneros and Maxine Hong Kingston. An introduction to the study of ethnic American fictions organised into four sections, each written by a specialist in the fields of African American, Asian American, Chicano/a and native American literature. Writers are discussed in their cultural/political contexts and literary traditions (rather than as exceptions or as individuals, or on a generic basis). The book highlights common themes in ethnic writing as well as specificities, and has extensive suggestions for further reading as well as a critical introduction regarding the concept of 'ethnic writing'. No competing titles - there are no textbooks, no beginners' books nor any systematised combination of ethnic fictions such as this - only edited collections on each area.
 

Contents

Old Believer communities
59
denial of sexuality and Theodosian
109
marriage family and gender
146
relations between the Russian
184
Epilogue
225
Select bibliography
238
Index
252
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