Castration and the heavenly kingdom : a Russian folktale /

"Of the many sects that broke from the official Russian Orthodox church in the eighteenth century, one was universally despised. Its members were peasants from the Russian heartland skilled in the arts of animal husbandry who turned their knives on themselves to become "eunuchs for the kin...

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Main Author: Engelstein, Laura
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, ©1999.
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