ISBN 978-594-380-106-9
Series «Studia Ethnologica» Num. 9
Year of publication 2011
328 p.
Format 145x215
Paperback
Weight 420 g.
This book is the first systematic study of the Judaizers’ (Subbotniks’) popular religious movement in Imperial and Soviet Russia. The book considers the emergence and development of the Old Russian sects (the Subbotniks as well as the Doukhobors and Molokans) in the context of written communication between peasants and state bureaucracies. The author analyses textuality as a social force, and discusses its role in Russian and Jewish cultures