Without the Banya We Would Perish: A History of the Russian Bathhouse

by Ethan Pollock and Pollock

Book Overview

When so much in Russia has changed, the banya remains. For over one thousand years Russians of every economic class, political party, and social strata have treated bathing as a communal activity integrating personal hygiene and public health with rituals, relaxation, conversations, drinking, political intrigue, business, and sex. Communal steam baths have survived the Mongols, Peter the Great, and Soviet communism and remain a central and unifying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195395484
• ISBN13: 9780195395488
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"