religion of the Goddess
Ricamo tradizionale russo tra ortodossia sovietica e religione della Dea
marxist orthodoxy, memory and counter-memory, peasant women, religion of the Goddess, Russian embroidery, Tzarist pro-slavist writersBy: SANDRA BUSATTA – The subject of this article is about traditional Russian embroidery and, in particular, some figures that are interpreted as archaic female deities. Initially studied by Tsarist and Soviet archaeologists and ethnographers, it found a renewed interest among American scholars linked to the feminist world. Embroidery, however, distinct from the archaeological material,…