Framing Mary - The Mother of God in Modern, Revolutionary, and Post-Soviet Russian Culture (Paperback)

Despite the continued fascination with the Virgin Mary in modern and contemporary times, very little of the resulting scholarship on this topic extends to Russia. Russia's Mary, however, who is virtually unknown in the West, has long played a formative role in Russian society and culture. Framing Mary introduces readers to the cultural life of Mary from the seventeenth century to the post-Soviet era. It examines a broad spectrum of engagements among a variety of people-pilgrims and poets, clergy and laity, politicians and political activists-and the woman they knew as the Bogoroditsa. In this collection of well-integrated and illuminating essays, leading scholars of imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet Russia trace Mary's irrepressible pull and inexhaustible promise from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Focusing in particular on the ways in which both visual and narrative images of Mary frame perceptions of Russian and Soviet space and inform discourse about women and motherhood, these essays explore Mary's rich and complex role in Russia's religion, philosophy, history, politics, literature, and art. Framing Mary will appeal to Russian studies scholars, historians, and general readers interested in religion and Russian culture.

General

Imprint:	Northern Illinois University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Amy Singleton Adams • Vera Shevzov
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-87580-776-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Books > History > European history > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Books > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Promotions
LSN:	0-87580-776-3
Barcode:	9780875807768

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