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Being Soviet : identity, rumour, and everyday life under Stalin, 1939-1953 / Timothy Johnston.
LIBRA DK268.3 .J65 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnston, Timothy.
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, Russian.
- Relations.
- Social conditions.
- Soviet Union--Social life and customs--1917-1970.
- Soviet Union.
- Manners and customs.
- Soviet Union--Social conditions--20th century.
- Soviet Union--Civilization.
- Civilization.
- Soviet Union--Relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Relations--Soviet Union.
- Great Britain.
- Soviet Union--Relations--United States.
- United States.
- United States--Relations--Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- lii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Being Soviet adopts a refreshing and innovative approach to the crucial years between 1939 and 1953 in the USSR. It addresses two of the key recent debates councerning Stalinism: what was the logic and language of Soviet power? and how did ordinary citizens relate to Soviet power? In relation to the first debate, Timothy Johnston shifts the focus away from Russian nationalism onto Soviet identity which in relation to the outside world provided a powerful frame of reference in the late-Stalin years. 'Sovietness' is explored via the newspapers, films, plays and popular music of the era. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Being Soviet in the pre-war era. The liberator state? : the crisis of official Soviet identity during the Pact period 1939-1941
- Being Soviet during the Great Patriotic War. Perfidious allies? : Britain, America, and official Soviet diplomatic identity 1941-1945 ; Patrons or predators? : foreign servicemen, technology, and art within official Soviet cultural identity, 1941-1945
- Being Soviet in the post-war years. Panics, peace, and pacifism : official Soviet diplomatic identity in the late-Stalin years 1945-1953 ; Subversive styles? : official Soviet cultural identity in the late-Stalin years 1945-1953.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199604036
- 0199604037
- OCLC:
- 752995161
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