The things of life : materiality in late Soviet Russia /

The Things of Life is a social and cultural history of material objects and spaces during the late socialist era. It traces the biographies of Soviet things, examining how the material world of the late Soviet period influenced Soviet people's gender roles, habitual choices, social trajectories...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Golubev, Alexey (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Material culture > Soviet Union. Space > Social aspects > Soviet Union. Soviet Union > Social life and customs.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Elemental Materialism in Soviet Culture and Society
Techno-Utopian Visions of Soviet Intellectuals after Stalin
Time in 1:72 Scale: The Plastic Historicity of Soviet Models
History in Wood: The Search for Historical Authenticity in North Russia
When Spaces of Transit Fail Their Designers: Social Antagonisms of Soviet Stairwells and Streets
The Men of Steel: Repairing and Empowering Soviet Bodies with Iron
Ordinary and Paranormal: The Soviet Television Set.