"... brave... fascinating... immensely enjoyable... " -- Times Higher Education Supplement
"... a stimulating and original study... vivid and readable." -- Russian Review
"An immensely stimulating, beautifully written work of scholarship." -- Francine du Plessix Gray
"Joanna Hubbs has provided scholars... with a wealth of significant interpretive material to inform if not reform views of both Russian and women's cultures." -- Journal of American Folklore
A ground-breaking interpretation of Russian culture from prehistory to the present, dealing with the feminine myth as a central cultural force.