Title & Author:

The thaw : Soviet society and culture during the 1950s and 1960s / edited by Denis Kozlov and Eleonory Gilburd.

Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013.
©2013

Description:

xii, 512 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Denis Kozlov -- The thaw as an event in Russian history / Denis Kozlov and Eleonory Gilburd -- Part One : looking back -- 'Wait for me and I shall return' : the early thaw as a reprise of lat thirties culture? / Katerina Clark -- Khrushchev's gulag : the Soviet penitentiary system after Stalin's death, 1953-1964 / Marc Elie -- From prisoners to citizens? : ex-prisoners in Vorkuta during the thaw / Alan Barenberg -- Remembering and explaining the terror during the thaw : Soviet readers of Ehrenburg and Sozhenitsyn in the 1960s / Denis Kozlov -- The personal and the political : opposition to the thaw and the politics of literary identity in the 1950s and 1960s / Polly Jones -- Part two : looking forward -- From White Grave to Tselinograd to Astana : the virgin lands opening, Khrushchev's forgotten first reform / Michaela Pohl -- The empires pay a visit : gulag returnees, east European rebellions, and Soviet frontier politics / Amir Weiner -- The revival of Soviet internationalism in the mid to late 1950s / Eleonory Gilburd -- Soviet fashion in the 1950s-1960s : regimentation, western influences, and consumption strategies / Larissa Zakharova -- Cine-weathers : Soviet thaw cinema in the international context / Oksana Bulgakowa -- Afterword : the thaw in retrospect / Sheila Fitzpatrick.

Summary:

"The period from Stalin's death in 1953 to the end of the 1960s marked a crucial epoch in Soviet history. Though not overtly revolutionary, this era produced significant shifts in policies, ideas, language, artistic practices, daily behaviours, and material life. It was also during this time that social, cultural, and intellectual processes in the USSR began to parallel those in the West (and particularly in Europe) as never before. This volume examines in fascinating detail the various facets of Soviet life during the 1950s and 1960s, a period termed the 'Thaw.' Featuring innovative research by historical, literary, and film scholars from across the world, this book helps to answer fundamental questions about the nature and ultimate fortune of the Soviet order--both in its internal dynamics and in its long-term and global perspectives."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

9781442644601 (hardback acid free paper)
1442644605 (hardback acid free paper)
9781442628649
1442628642

Subject:

Popular culture Soviet Union History.
Popular culture Soviet Union History 20th century.
Culture populaire URSS Histoire 20e siècle.
Culture populaire URSS Histoire.
15.70 history of Europe.
Intellectual life
Manners and customs
Popular culture
Gesellschaft
Kultur
Tauwetter-Periode
Society.
Culture.
Political prisoners.
Populärkultur historia.
Intellektuellt liv historia.
Samhällsliv historia.
Soviet Union History 1953-1985.
Soviet Union Social life and customs 1917-1970.
Soviet Union Intellectual life 1917-1970.
U.R.S.S. Mœurs et coutumes 1917-1970.
U.R.S.S. Vie intellectuelle 1917-1970.
URSS Histoire 1953-1985.
URSS Mœurs et coutumes 1917-1970.
URSS Vie intellectuelle 1917-1970.
Soviet Union
Sowjetunion

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Kozlov, Denis, 1973-
Gilburd, Eleonory.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290653
Call No.: BIB 233777
Status: Available