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Subject(s)

• Popular culture—Soviet Union—History—20th century [Browse]
• Soviet Union—Social life and customs—1917-1970 [Browse]
• Soviet Union—Intellectual life—1917-1970 [Browse]
• Soviet Union—History—1953-1985 [Browse]

Editor

• Kozlov, Denis, 1973- [Browse]
• Gilburd, Eleonory [Browse]

Summary note

"The period from Stalin's death in 1953 to the end of the 1960s marked a crucial epoch in Soviet history. Though not overtly revolutionary, this era produced significant shifts in policies, ideas, language, artistic practices, daily behaviours, and material life. It was also during this time that social, cultural, and intellectual processes in the USSR began to parallel those in the West (and particularly in Europe) as never before. This volume examines in fascinating detail the various facets of Soviet life during the 1950s and 1960s, a period termed the 'Thaw.' Featuring innovative research by historical, literary, and film scholars from across the world, this book helps to answer fundamental questions about the nature and ultimate fortune of the Soviet order - both in its internal dynamics and in its long-term and global perspectives."--Publisher website.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Print version record.

Contents

• Illustrations, figures, and tables
• Archival abbreviations
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction / Denis Kozlov
• The thaw as an event in Russian history / Denis Kozlov and Eleonory Gilburd
• Part One : looking back
• 'Wait for me and I shall return' : the early thaw as a reprise of lat thirties culture? / Katerina Clark
• Khrushchev's gulag : the Soviet penitentiary system after Stalin's death, 1953-1964 / Marc Elie
• From prisoners to citizens? : ex-prisoners in Vorkuta during the thaw / Alan Barenberg
• Remembering and explaining the terror during the thaw : Soviet readers of Ehrenburg and Sozhenitsyn in the 1960s / Denis Kozlov
• The personal and the political : opposition to the thaw and the politics of literary identity in the 1950s and 1960s / Polly Jones
• Part two : looking forward
• From White Grave to Tselinograd to Astana : the virgin lands opening, Khrushchev's forgotten first reform / Michaela Pohl
• The empires pay a visit : gulag returnees, east European rebellions, and Soviet frontier politics / Amir Weiner
• The revival of Soviet internationalism in the mid to late 1950s / Eleonory Gilburd
• Soviet fashion in the 1950s-1960s : regimentation, western influences, and consumption strategies / Larissa Zakharova
• Cine-weathers : Soviet thaw cinema in the international context / Oksana Bulgakowa
• Afterword : the thaw in retrospect / Sheila Fitzpatrick
• List of contributors
• Index.

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ISBN

• 9781442618954 ((electronic bk.))
• 1442618957 ((electronic bk.))
• 1442661054 ((electronic bk.))
• 9781442661059 ((electronic bk.))

OCLC

864675506

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