DACHA IDYLLS by Melissa L. Caldwell ( 9780520262850 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

DACHA IDYLLS
LIVING ORGANICALLY IN RUSSIA'S COUNTRYSIDE

By:

Melissa L. Caldwell

Format:

Paperback

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£30.00

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ISBN 10:

0520262859

ISBN 13:

9780520262850

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Pub. date:

28 October, 2010

Pages:

224

Description:

Offers an 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. This book captures the dacha's abiding traditions and demonstrates why Russians insist that these dwellings are key to understanding Russian life.

Synopsis:

"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 enduring fact of Russian culture at a time when so much has changed. Caldwell presents the dacha world in all its richness and complexity - a 'good life' that draws inspiration from the natural environment in which it is situated.

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14 b/w photographs

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University of California Press

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