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Author Hubbs, Joanna, 1939-

Title Mother Russia : the feminine myth in Russian culture / Joanna Hubbs
Edition 1st Midland book ed
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1993, ©1988

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 302 pages) : illustrations
Contents pt. 1. Mothers: ch. 1. The first mothers -- ch. 2. Reconstructing the Russian great goddess: Rusalki and Baba Yaga -- ch. 3. Reconstructing the Russian great goddess: Mother Earth -- ch. 4. The coming of Christianity: Mary and Paraskeva-Piatnitsa -- pt. 2. Mothers' sons: ch. 5. Epic heroes and disobedient sons -- ch. 6. From saintly son to autocratic father: the myth of the ruler -- ch. 7. Pushkin and other champions from the intelligentsia -- ch. 8. The mother as Russia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-293) and index
Notes English
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Subject Mother goddesses -- Russia
Mythology, Slavic.
Women in literature.
Russian literature -- History and criticism
Mother goddesses -- Soviet Union
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
Civilization
Mother goddesses
Mythology, Slavic
Religion
Russian literature
Women in literature
Moeders.
Mythevorming.
Femmes dans la littérature russe.
Littérature russe -- Histoire et critique.
Déesses-mères dans la littérature russe.
Déesses-mères -- URSS.
SUBJECT Russia (Federation) -- Religion
Russia (Federation) -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86002898
Soviet Union -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125850
Soviet Union -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125714
Subject Soviet Union
Russia
Russia (Federation)
URSS -- Religion.
URSS -- Civilisation.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585000646
9780585000640