Frierson's study examines the revealing images of the peasant created by Russian writers, scholars, journalists, and government officials in the twenty years following emancipation. She illustrates how the question, "Who is the Russian peasant?" became deeply embedded in the larger questions of "What is Russia?" and "What will Russia be?" in the programs of liberal reformers and conservatives alike. Along the way she introduces readers to the stereotypes created by intellectuals (including such writers as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky) in order to comprehend peasant life, from the likeable narod, the simple man of the simple folk, to the exploitative kulak, the village strongman.
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Softcover. Brown wraps with bw photographs and pale blue lettering. 248 pp. with 16 bw illus. Frierson sheds light on the fundamental concepts of the peasantry that influenced not only the way educated Russians of the late 19th century approached their rural compatriots, but also the filters through which students and scholars examine the rural culture of late Imperial Russia a century later. VG+ (Unread, unbroken spine, clean and tight but with fading to spine). Seller Inventory # 149081