Languages Of The Lash Corporal Punishment and Identity in Imperial Russia

Name: Languages Of The Lash
Author: Abby Schrader

Auteur: Abby Schrader

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Abby Schrader

Engels
Hardcover
9780875802893
01 april 2002
271 pagina's

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In law and practice, Imperial officals mapped and remapped society as they articulated the languages of punishment on a social, geographical and biographical scale. This book traces penal reform over nearly two centuries and challenges standard assumptions about Russian history.

Lashings, branding irons, and harsh treatment in labor camps all come to mind when one thinks of Russian methods of punishment. Analyzing the "languages of the lash"—the official definitions and discussions of corporal punishment—Schrader explores the relationship between the punishment of social deviants and the stability of the imperial Russian state. Interpreting penal law and practice in a broad social and political context, she illuminates the process by which Russia developed and reformulated corporal punishment from the era of Catherine the Great to the revolution of 1905.

In law and in practice, imperial Russian officials mapped and remapped society as they articulated various languages of punishment. One map was social: the lower classes were punished corporally while the nobility and educated members of society were exempt from corporal punishment. Another map was geographical, in that non-Russian ethnic groups and people exiled to Siberia were treated differently from those who lived in the Russian center. Biological differences constituted yet another map of society, as the young, the very old, women, and the infirm were regarded as weaker than able-bodied men and therefore less able to withstand corporal punishments.

Schrader's broad study enriches our understanding of the political, cultural, and social processes at work in Imperial Russia. Tracing penal reform over nearly two centuries, she challenges standard assumptions about Russian history and the roles of gender, the body, and ethnicity in political and cultural discourse.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 april 2002
Aantal pagina's: 271
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Hoofdauteur: Abby Schrader
Hoofduitgeverij: Northern Illinois University Press

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Editie: New title
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 152 mm
Product hoogte: 25 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 165 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 237 mm
Verpakking lengte: 29 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 584 g

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Geschiedenis

Misdaad & Criminaliteit

Sociologie

Europa

Strafleer & Straf

Sociale theorie

Periodes

Nieuwe tijd (1500-1800)

Moderne tijd (1800-1945)

Regio's & Landen

Boeken
Taal: Engels
Periode: 19e eeuw, 18e eeuw
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?: Boek
Land: Rusland

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