ISBN:
9780822981251
,
0822981254
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Series Statement:
Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Tsipursky, Gleb Socialist fun
Parallel Title:
Available in another form
DDC:
305.2350947080904
Keywords:
Socialism Social aspects
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History
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Soviet Union
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Consumption (Economics) History
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Soviet Union
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Popular culture History
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Soviet Union
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Cold War Social aspects
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Soviet Union
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Youth Societies and clubs
;
History
;
Soviet Union
;
Youth Government policy
;
History
;
Soviet Union
;
Youth Social life and customs
;
Soviet Union
;
Socialism Social aspects
;
History
;
Consumption (Economics) History
;
Popular culture History
;
Cold War Social aspects
;
Youth Societies and clubs
;
History
;
Youth Government policy
;
History
;
Youth Social life and customs
;
Consumption (Economics) History
;
Popular culture History
;
Cold War Social aspects
;
Youth Societies and clubs
;
History
;
Youth Government policy
;
History
;
Youth Social life and customs
;
Socialism Social aspects
;
History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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HISTORY ; General
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Consumption (Economics)
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International relations
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Manners and customs
;
Popular culture
;
Social aspects
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Youth ; Government policy
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Youth ; Social life and customs
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Youth ; Societies and clubs
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Child & Youth Development
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Social Welfare & Social Work
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Social Sciences
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HISTORY ; Europe ; Russia & the Former Soviet Union
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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History
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Soviet Union Relations
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Western countries
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Western countries Relations
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Soviet Union
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Soviet Union Social life and customs
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1917-1970
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Soviet Union Relations
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Western countries Relations
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Soviet Union Social life and customs 1917-1970
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Soviet Union Relations
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Western countries Relations
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Soviet Union Social life and customs 1917-1970
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Soviet Union
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Western countries
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Electronic books
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Sowjetunion
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Jugendkultur
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Massenkultur
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Jugend
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Geschichte 1945-1970
Abstract:
"Most narratives depict Soviet Cold War cultural activities and youth groups as drab and dreary, militant and politicized. In this study Gleb Tsipursky challenges these stereotypes in a revealing portrayal of Soviet youth and state-sponsored popular culture. The primary local venues for Soviet culture were the tens of thousands of klubs where young people found entertainment, leisure, social life, and romance. Here sports, dance, film, theater, music, lectures, and political meetings became vehicles to disseminate a socialist version of modernity. The Soviet way of life was dutifully presented and perceived as the most progressive and advanced, in an attempt to stave off Western influences. In effect, socialist fun became very serious business. As Tsipursky shows, however, Western culture did infiltrate these activities, particularly at local levels, where participants and organizers deceptively cloaked their offerings to appeal to their own audiences. Thus, Soviet modernity evolved as a complex and multivalent ideological device. Tsipursky provides a fresh and original examination of the Kremlin's paramount effort to shape young lives, consumption, popular culture, and to build an emotional community--all against the backdrop of Cold War struggles to win hearts and minds both at home and abroad"--
Abstract:
Chapter 1. Ideology, Enlightenment, and Entertainment : State-Sponsored Popular Culture, 1917-1946 -- Chapter 2. Ideological Reconstruction in the Cultural Recreation Network, 1947-1953 -- Chapter 3. Ideology and Consumption : Jazz and Western Dancing in the Cultural Network, 1948-1953 -- Chapter 4. State-Sponsored Popular Culture in the Early Thaw, 1953-1956 -- Chapter 5. Youth Initiative and the 1956 Youth Club Movement -- Chapter 6. The 1957 International Youth Festival and the Backlash -- Chapter 7. A Reformist Revival : Grassroots Club Activities and Youth Cafes, 1958-1964 -- Chapter 8. Ambiguity and Backlash : State-Sponsored Popular Culture, 1965-1970
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