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Russia's carnival : the smells, sights, and sounds of transition / Christoph Neidhart.
Van Pelt Library HN530.2.A8 N44 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neidhart, Christoph, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russia (Federation)--Social conditions--1991-.
- Russia (Federation).
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 253 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman and Littlefield, [2003]
- Summary:
- Neidhart convincingly argues that Russia is a different country from the Soviet Union, growing into a Western-style, middle-class society with a free market and a democratic polity.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Is Democracy Visible? 1
- 2. Carnival or Revolution? When Russia Suspended Time and Space 15
- 3. Sight: The First Sense 31
- 4. To Fake Is to Make Believe 63
- 5. Sound, Scent, Taste, and Touch 79
- 6. Space: The Sixth Sense 117
- 7. A New Time for New Times 157
- 8. To Buy Is to Be: Money Replaces the Fences 183
- 9. Mafiosi and Prostitutes: The New Role Models 205
- 10. Conclusion: Ikea, or the Furniture for a Modern Russia 221.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742520412
- 0742520420
- OCLC:
- 50285090
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