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Recording Russia : trying to listen in the nineteenth century / Gabriella Safran.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Safran, Gabriella, 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russian language--Social aspects.
- Russian language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Recording Russia
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Nineteenth-century Russian writers including Dahl, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky, and travelers including Custine and Haxthausen, describe scenes where they and their characters listen to, record, and borrow other people's words. Drawing on linguistic anthropology and media studies, this book explores how these scenes index identities, reference communication technology, and change over time" -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Ringing
- Singing
- Nesting
- Crossing
- Paper-Making
- Dreaming
- Insulting
- Laughing.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-6633-3
- 1-5017-6634-1
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