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Dacha Idylls: Living Organically in Russia's Countryside

By Melissa L. Caldwell

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0520262840, 9780520262843, 0520262859, 9780520262850
LCC
DK32 .C27 2011
Open Library ID
OL24040444M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2616085 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
224\224
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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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