1. Introduction

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Some Historical Highlights 18
6. 3. Two Key Words in the Vocabulary of Russian Masochism 66
7. 4. Masochism in Russian Literature 78
8. 5. Ontogeny and the Cultural Context 93
9. 6. The Russian Fool and His Mother 122
10. 7. Is the Slave Soul of Russia a Gendered Object? 134
11. 8. Born in a Bania: The Masochism of Russian Bathhouse Rituals 181
12. 9. Masochism and the Collective 202
13. 10. Conclusion 245
14. Notes 249
15. Bibliography 291
16. Index 319