Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists : Ilf and Petrov's American Road Trip / Lisa A. Kirschenbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirschenbaum, Lisa A., 1965- author.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Automobile travel--United States--History--20th century.

Automobile travel.

United States--Description and travel.

United States.

United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.

Soviet Union--Relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

United States--Relations--Soviet Union.

Ilʹf, Ilʹi︠a︡, 1897-1937--Travel--United States.

Ilʹf, Ilʹi︠a︡.

Petrov, Evgeniĭ, 1903-1942--Travel--United States.

Petrov, Evgeniĭ.

Ilʹf, Ilʹi︠a︡, 1897-1937. Odnoėtazhnai︠a︡ Amerika.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 339 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"In 1935, two Soviet satirists, Ilia Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, undertook a 10,000 mile American road trip. Lisa Kirschenbaum reconstructs their epic journey and their encounters with a vast cast of characters in order to reveal the role of ordinary individuals in shaping foreign relations between the two countries"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Imprints page

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration and Translation

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Ilf-and-Petrov

Fiction and Fact

On the Road

Part I Promised Lands

1 Amerikanizm

2 Alienism and Radicalism

3 Pernicious Propaganda

4 Two Russian Gentlemen

Part II New York and the Eastern States

5 Extraordinary Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists

6 Photographing New York

7 Dos

8 The Business of Pleasure

9 Black New York

10 Complex Hybrids

11 Squaring the Circle

12 The Apex of Middlebrow Culture

Part III To the Pacific Ocean

13 The Road

14 Frozen Meat, Salty Butter, and Other American Delicacies

15 The Nationalities Question

16 A Laboratory of Anthropology

17 New Mexico Moderns

18 Can You Kid a Kidder?

19 The Man in the Red Shirt

20 Natural Wonders and Technical Marvels

21 The American Dneprostroi

Part IV The Golden State

22 Irrational Presuppositions

23 The Soviet Colony in Carmel

24 Friends of the Soviet Union

25 Nothing Could Be More Hollywoody

Part V Journey's End

26 Racism and Democracy

27 Anxious Life

28 Coda

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Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jan 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009006231

1009006231

9781009006439

1009006436

9781009008914

1009008919