To see Paris and die : the Soviet lives of Western culture /

The Soviet Union was a notoriously closed society until Stalin's death in 1953. Then, in the mid-1950s, a torrent of Western novels, films and paintings invaded Soviet streets and homes, acquiring heightened emotional significance. To See Paris and Die is a history of this momentous opening to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gilburd, Eleonory (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Soviet Union > Civilization > Western influences. Soviet Union > History > 1953-1985. Western countries > Foreign public opinion, Soviet. Public opinion > Soviet Union. Soviets (People) > Attitudes. HISTORY / Europe / Eastern.

Table of Contents:

Soviet internationalism
The Tower of Babel
Books about us
Cinema without an accent
Barbarians in the temple of art
Books and borders
Epilogue: Exit: How Soviets became westerners.