Petrified utopia : happiness Soviet style / edited by Marina Balina, Evgeny Dobrenko.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balina, Marina

Dobrenko, E. A. (Evgeniĭ Aleksandrovich)

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Series:

Anthem series on Russian, East European and Eurasian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity.

History.

Identity (Psychology).

Social values.

Communism and culture.

Utopias.

Happiness.

Happiness--Social aspects.

Intellectual life.

Social conditions.

Manners and customs.

Soviet Union--Social life and customs--Congresses.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Social conditions--Congresses.

Soviet Union--Intellectual life--Congresses.

Happiness--Social aspects--Soviet Union--History--Congresses.

Happiness--Political aspects--Soviet Union--History--Congresses.

Utopias--Soviet Union--History--Congresses.

Communism and culture--Soviet Union--History--Congresses.

Social values--Soviet Union--History--Congresses.

Identity (Psychology)--Soviet Union--History--Congresses.

Group identity--Soviet Union--History--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2009.

Contents:

A joyful Soviet childhood : licensed happiness for little ones / Catriona Kelly

Utopian naturalism : the epic poem of kolkhoz happiness / Evgeny Dobrenko

Luxuriating in lack : plentitude and consuming happiness in Soviet paintings and posters, 1920s-1953 / Helena Goscilo

Tasty and healthy : Soviet happiness in one book / Gian Piero Piretto

"It's grand to be an orphan!" : crafting happy citizens in Soviet children's literature of the 1920s / Marina Balina

Sew yourself Soviet : the pleasures of textile in the machine age / Emma Widdis

Happy housewarming! : moving into Khrushchev-era apartments / Susan E. Reid

When we were happy : remembering Soviet holidays / Albert Baiburin and Alexandra Piir

The 'new Moscow' and the new 'happiness' : architecture as a nodal point in the Stalinist system of value / Katerina Clark

Andrei Platonov's Happy Moscow : Tolstoi, Stalin and the Soviet self / Phillip Ross Bullock

'But where is your happiness, Alevtina Ivanovna?' : new debates about happiness in the Soviet films of 1956 / Julian Graffy

Easy on the heart ; or 'Strength through joy' / Maya Turovskaya.

Notes:

"This project originated from the conference 'Happiness Soviet style' in May of 2006, which took place at the University of Nottingham"--P. ix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

9781843313106

1843313103

OCLC:

320805003

Publisher Number:

99934630163