Socialist Fun : Youth, Consumption, and State-Sponsored Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1945-1970 /

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"Most narratives depict Soviet Cold War cultural activities and youth groups as drab and dreary, militant and politicized. In this study Gleb Tsipursky challenges these stereotypes in a revealing portrayal of Soviet youth and state-sponsored popular culture. The primary local venues for Soviet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tsipursky, Gleb (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Youth > Societies and clubs.
Youth > Social life and customs.
Youth > Government policy.
Social aspects.
Popular culture.
Manners and customs.
International relations.
Consumption (Economics)
HISTORY > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Jeunesse > Politique gouvernementale > URSS > Histoire.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > URSS.
Culture populaire > URSS > Histoire.
Youth > Soviet Union > Social life and customs.
Youth > Government policy > Soviet Union > History.
Youth > Soviet Union > Societies and clubs > History.
Cold War > Social aspects > Soviet Union.
Popular culture > Soviet Union > History.
Consumption (Economics) > Soviet Union > History.
Socialism > Social aspects > Soviet Union > History.
Western countries.
Soviet Union.
URSS > Moeurs et coutumes > 1917-1970.
Soviet Union > Social life and customs > 1917-1970.
Western countries > Relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Relations > Western countries.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Most narratives depict Soviet Cold War cultural activities and youth groups as drab and dreary, militant and politicized. In this study Gleb Tsipursky challenges these stereotypes in a revealing portrayal of Soviet youth and state-sponsored popular culture. The primary local venues for Soviet culture were the tens of thousands of klubs where young people found entertainment, leisure, social life, and romance. Here sports, dance, film, theater, music, lectures, and political meetings became vehicles to disseminate a socialist version of modernity. The Soviet way of life was dutifully presented and perceived as the most progressive and advanced, in an attempt to stave off Western influences. In effect, socialist fun became very serious business. As Tsipursky shows, however, Western culture did infiltrate these activities, particularly at local levels, where participants and organizers deceptively cloaked their offerings to appeal to their own audiences. Thus, Soviet modernity evolved as a complex and multivalent ideological device. Tsipursky provides a fresh and original examination of the Kremlin's paramount effort to shape young lives, consumption, popular culture, and to build an emotional community--all against the backdrop of Cold War struggles to win hearts and minds both at home and abroad"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (378 pages).
ISBN:9780822981251

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