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The Russian Reading Revolution. Print Culture in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras.
S. Lovell
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Description for The Russian Reading Revolution. Print Culture in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras.
Hardback. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
Of all of Soviet cultural myths, none was more resilient than the belief that the USSR had the world's greatest readers. This book explains how the 'Russian reading myth' took hold in the 1920s and 1930s, how it was supported by a monopolistic and homogenizing system of book production and distribution, and how it was challenged in the post-Stalin era; first, by the latent expansion and differentiation of the reading public, and then, more dramatically, by the economic and cultural changes of the 1990s.
Of all of Soviet cultural myths, none was more resilient than the belief that the USSR had the world's greatest readers. This book explains how the 'Russian reading myth' took hold in the 1920s and 1930s, how it was supported by a monopolistic and homogenizing system of book production and distribution, and how it was challenged in the post-Stalin era; first, by the latent expansion and differentiation of the reading public, and then, more dramatically, by the economic and cultural changes of the 1990s.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Russia and East Europe
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312226015
SKU
V9780312226015
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About S. Lovell
Stephen Lovell is Junior Research Fellow at St. John's College, Oxford.
Reviews for The Russian Reading Revolution. Print Culture in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras.
"Readers seeking to understand the current turbulence in post-Soviet culture will be well served by Lovell's comprehensive study of the Soviet reading public." - Choice "...a valuable account of the evolution of print culture under Soviet rule." - Slavic Review