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Author Pollock, Ethan, 1969- author.

Title Without the banya we would perish : a history of the Russian bathhouse / Ethan Pollock
Published New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 343 pages) : illustrations
Contents Older even than the Tsar -- The great healer -- Soot, dirt, and human flesh packed together -- Our people love the banya but nothing good comes of it -- The onslaught of civilazation -- Either socialism will defeat the louse or the louce will defeat socialism -- Things are bad on the banya front -- Here nobody is naked, there is no need for shame -- The banya... is it still necessary? -- In the banya I changed my world view
Summary The first history of the banya, this book offers a sweeping cultural history of an institution that is emblematic of Russian identity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on May 19, 2020)
Subject Bathing customs -- Russia -- History
Bathing customs -- Soviet Union -- History
Bathing customs -- Russia (Federation) -- History
Bathhouses -- Russia -- History
Bathhouses -- Soviet Union -- History
Bathhouses -- Russia (Federation) -- History
Baths, Russian.
Bathhouses
Bathing customs
Baths, Russian
Russia
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019002992
ISBN 0199908974
9780199911950
0199911959
9780190051662
0190051663
9780199908974
0199908974