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Sauna as Symbol|Lisa-Marlene Edelsward

Sauna as Symbol : Society and Culture in Finland

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Overview

Every culture has a secret ingredient, and for Finnish culture and society it is the sauna. The sauna is an actual bath and bathhouse which in practical life brings people together in ways otherwise impossible. And the sauna as symbol brings together and integrates the many contradictory ideals and realities of Finnish society and culture. Through the sauna, nature and culture, the individual and society, the person and the polity, may be woven into an integral whole.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780820413952
  • ISBN-10: 082041395X
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
  • Publish Date: March 1991
  • Page Count: 270

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