The Russian Nanny, Real and Imagined
History, Culture, Mythology
This book examines why and how nannies have appeared in Russian literature from 1700 to the late 20th century, and why they have engendered a set of myths. This book is principally about women - women who care for small children - and about ideas or myths surrounding both individual nannies and nannies in the abstract. Its two major themes are thus reality and constructed reality. It examines how a figure that fell all too easily into a near caricature still retained tremendous emotional power and specificity in the lives of so many Russians, especially creative writers and artists. Secondarily, the book concerns the limits of au…
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- ISBN: 978-0-9855698-2-2
- EAN: 9780985569822
- Produktnummer: 13255671
- Verlag: New Academia Publishing/ The Spring
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 508 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D3.4 cm 940 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 940
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