Languages of the Lash
Subtitle: Corporal Punishment and Identity in Imperial Russia
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780875802893
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Penology & punishment; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Penology; Criminology; Social Science; Sociology; Russia; Punishment; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Criminal justice, Administration of; Corporal punishment; Criminal justice, Administrati; History
Description: "Schrader's study enriches our understanding of the political, cultural, and social processes at work in Imperial Russia. Tracing penal reform over nearly two centuries, Languages of the Lash challenges standard assumptions about Russian history and the roles of gender, the body, and ethnicity in political and cultural discourse."--BOOK JACKET.