Title: Languages of the Lash
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.
Subjects: Capital punishment, Russia (federation), history, Criminal law, russia (federation), Corporal punishment, History, Punishment, Administration of Criminal justice