num_pages: 364
description: The duel has been an example of heroic behavior in Russian fiction and scholarship for centuries. Reyfman (Slavic languages, Columbia U.) argues that the Russian duel acquired this prestige through its ability to define and defend personal autonomy, both in the hierarchical tsarist state and the totalitarian Soviet one. She suggests that the Russian aristocracy incorporated the violence that the state perpetrated regularly on its citizens into a symbolic act of independence and equality. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Ritualized Violence Russian Style: The Duel in Russian Culture and Literature
titlecomplete: Ritualized Violence Russian Style: The Duel in Russian Culture and Literature (STUDIES OF THE HARRIMAN INSTITUTE)
genres: History
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Stanford Univ Pr