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Pleasures in Socialism: Leisure and Luxury in the Eastern Bloc
David Crowley (Ed.)
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Description for Pleasures in Socialism: Leisure and Luxury in the Eastern Bloc
Paperback. Editor(s): Crowley, David; Reid, Susan. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DV; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Much has been written about the workings of communist governments in the USSR and the Soviet bloc, yet there is still a great deal to explore regarding their relationship to the everyday lives of the citizens living under them. This third volume builds on the editors’ Style and Socialism and Socialist Spaces, showing how the rise of consumer culture took a unique form in these countries. Essays from top scholars address topics ranging from fashion and game shows to smoking and camping. The authors of the essays in this collection investigate the ways in which pleasurable activities, like many other ... Read more
Much has been written about the workings of communist governments in the USSR and the Soviet bloc, yet there is still a great deal to explore regarding their relationship to the everyday lives of the citizens living under them. This third volume builds on the editors’ Style and Socialism and Socialist Spaces, showing how the rise of consumer culture took a unique form in these countries. Essays from top scholars address topics ranging from fashion and game shows to smoking and camping. The authors of the essays in this collection investigate the ways in which pleasurable activities, like many other ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810128712
SKU
V9780810128712
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99-1
About David Crowley (Ed.)
David Crowley is head of the Department of the History of Design, Royal College of Art. Susan E. Reid is Reader in Russian Visual Arts in the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies at the University of Sheffield. They coedited Socialist Spaces: Sites of Everyday Life in the Eastern Bloc (2002) and Style and Socialism: Material Culture in Post-War Eastern ... Read more
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